Graphite and watercolour on paper
I. Numbered Perspective Diagrams
Perspective lectures c.1809-28
I. Numbered Perspective Diagrams
Perspective lectures c.1809-28
Tate Collection
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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
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Lecture Diagram 29 Perspective Method a Cube after Guidobaldo del Monte
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
del Monte, Guidobaldo
diagrammatic
education, science and learning
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
inscriptions
mathematics
named individuals
notes and diagrams
people
perspective
society
symbols and personifications
<p>Guidobaldo del Monte, or ‘Ubaldus’, was an Italian gentleman who devoted his life to scientific scholarship. Diagram 29 illustrates a method from his Perspectivae Libri Sex 1600, a six-volume treatise written in Latin on the mathematics of perspectival projection.</p><p>Guidobaldo’s fundamental contribution was to show how to find the vanishing point for any given line. He also showed how to project any given shape onto a plane according to the relative positions of viewer, plane and object.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
31 May 2004 – 8 November 2004
2004-11-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-05-31
Vanishing Point: The Perspective Drawings of J.M.W Turner
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Lecture Diagram 29: Perspective Method for a Cube (after Guidobaldo del Monte)
support: 672 × 999 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
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<span class="text0">Guidobaldo del Monte, or ‘Ubaldus’, was an      Italian gentleman who devoted his life to scientific scholarship. Diagram      29 illustrates a method from his </span><span class="text13">Perspectivae </span><span class="text4">Libri Sex</span><span class="text14"> 1600, a six-volume      treatise written</span><span class="text0"> in Latin on the      mathematics of perspectival projection. </span>
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<span class="text0">Guidobaldo’s fundamental contribution was to show      how to find the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/perspective" title="Glossary definition for 'Perspective'"><span>vanishing point</span></a> for any given line. He also showed how to      project any given shape onto a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/plane" title="Glossary definition for 'Plane'"><span>plane</span></a> according to the relative positions of      viewer, plane and object. </span>
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