Compass and rule
Subtitle: architecture as mathematical practice in early modern England, 1550-1750
By: Anthony Gerbino and Stephen Johnston.
Contributors: Johnston, Stephen, 1961-
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300150933
Subjects: Architectural practice -- England -- History; Architecture -- England -- History; Architects -- England; Mathematics -- England -- History; Mathematicians -- England; Architecture and mathematics -- England -- History; Professions -- Social aspects -- England -- History
Other titles: Architecture as mathematical practice in early modern England, 1550-1750
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. Ch. 1. Medieval 'drawing' and the Gothic tradition; title: Ch. 2. The paper revolution : the origin of large-scale technical drawing under Henry VIII; title: Pt. II. Ch. 3. The mathematical practitioner and the Elizabethan architect; title: Ch. 4. The Vitruvian model : Inigo Jones and the culture of the book; title: Pt. III. Ch. 5. Vision, modeling, drawing : Christopher Wren's early career; title: Ch. 6. Structure and scale : the Office of Works at St. Paul's; title: Pt. IV. Ch. 7. Gentlemen, practitioners, and instrumental architecture; title: Ch. 8. Raised high, brought low : architecture and mathematics around George III; title: Insert. Geometry and structure in the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral.