Demonstration of Albrecht Durer's Perspective Machine (Lens Perspectiva)
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| RIBApix ref no |
RIBA38296 |
| Architect/Designer | Durer, Albrecht (1471-1528)
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| Artist/Photographer | Durer, Albrecht (1471-1528)
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| Country | Italy |
| Subject Date | 1569 |
| Image Date | 1569 |
| Style | Renaissance |
| Medium | Print |
| Library Reference | EW E.e. 23 |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Colour / B&W |
Black and white |
| Credit |
RIBA Collections
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| Notes |
SOURCE:
Daniele Barbaro. La pratica della perspettiva di Monsignor Daniel Barbaro (Venice, 1559), p. 191
NOTES:
This image is after a woodcut by Albrecht Durer entitled 'Man drawing a lute', from his 1525 treatise on perspective.
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Subject tags
drawing instruments, drawing techniques, Feature: Disappear Here