Daniele Barbaro and the University of Padova: Architecture, Art and Science on the Occasion of the 450th Anniversary of His Death

Foreword
References
Editor´s Notes
References
Contents
Contributors
Daniele Barbaro and the `Philosophy´ of Perspective
1 Introduction
2 Theories of Vision
3 Barbaro´s Theory of Vision
4 The Certitude of Mathematics
5 The Certitude of Perspective
6 Religion and Mathematical Order
7 Conclusions
References
Daniele Barbaro and the Science of Mathematics
1 Introduction
2 Barbaro´s Esteem for Mathematics
3 Brevity, Simplicity and their Consequences
4 The Problem of the Tablinum of a Private House
5 The Problem of the Foreshortening of a Square
6 The Problem of the Hodometer
7 Conclusion
References
Daniele Barbaro and Mathematical Instruments
1 Introduction
2 The Instruments in Barbaro´s Treatise
2.1 `The Author´s Instrument for Making Clocks in Every Climate, on Every Plane and for Every Sort of Hour´
2.2 `Albrecht Dürer´s Instrument for Making Perspectives´
2.3 `Building another Instrument by Baldassarre Lanci´
2.4 `Natural Manners of Rendering Things in Perspective´: The camera obscura
2.5 `Natural Manners of Rendering Things in Perspective´: The Gnomon
2.6 `Natural Manners of Rendering Things in Perspective´: The Graduated Semicircle
2.7 `The invention of Giacomo Castriotto´
3 Conclusion
References
Daniele Barbaro and the Foundation of the Botanical Garden for the University of Padua
1 Introduction
2 Background
3 The Chronology of the Construction Site and Barbaro´s Involvement
4 What Remains of a `Beautiful Model´
5 Conclusion
References
From Theory to Practice: Daniele Barbaro´s Investigations on Timekeeping and the Villa in Maser
1 Introduction
2 Daniele Barbaro at the University of Padua
3 Theory: The Design of the Sundial on a Declining Wall
4 Practice: The Sundials of Villa Barbaro in Maser
5 Conclusion
References
Non-Uniform Polyhedra Described by Daniele Barbaro
1 Introduction
2 Chapter XVI: The Rectified Truncated Octahedron (Fig. 1)
3 Chapter XVIII: The Rectified Truncated Icosahedron
4 Chapter XIX: Truncated Pentakis Dodecahedron (Fig. 8)
5 Chapter XX: Twice-Truncated Icosahedron (Fig. 10)
6 Chapter XXII: Twice-Truncated Octahedron (Fig. 13)
7 Chapter XXIII: Augmented Icosidodecahedron and Chapter XXIV: Augmented Rhombitruncated Cuboctahedron (Figs. 15 and 16)
8 Chapter XXV: Truncated Rectified Truncated Octahedron (Fig. 19)
9 Chapters XXVI-XXXIII: Concave Deltahedra
10 Chapter XXXIV: Other Solid Bodies
11 Conclusion
References
Perspettiva ridotta a perfezione: Glimpses of Daniele Barbaro´s Perspective Theory
1 Introduction
2 Anamorphosis
3 Shadows
4 Instruments
5 Conclusion
References
Marginal Notes by Daniele Barbaro in the 1511 Edition of Vitruvius from the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Collection: Attr...
1 Introduction
2 The Moscow Exemplar
3 Comparison with Other Exemplars
4 Analysis of the Moscow Exemplar
5 Identification of the Author of the Marginalia
6 Conclusion
References
Paduan Aristotelianism and Daniele Barbaro´s Commentary on Vitruvius
1 Introduction
2 Proportion and eurythmia
3 The Theory of Meaning
4 Tectonic Argumentation in Barbaro and Palladio
5 Proportions and the Classical Orders
6 Psychology
7 Conclusion
References