Geometry is the branch of mathematics concerned with questions of shape, size, and space. Part of the Quadrivium, it was one of the seven liberal arts in the classical world that every free citizen was expected to learn. Today it remains one of the pillars of modern mathematics. This course explores the role of geometry in the emergence of perspective drawing during the Italian Renaissance. Through comparisons of Euclid’s Elements and Leon Battista Alberti’s On Painting, students will rediscover what motivated the development of non- Euclidean geometries in seventeenth century. No prior knowledge of geometry or advanced mathematics is required.
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