MATH 123 - Visual Geometry:Math in Art and Architecture

Institution:

Trinity College

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Description:

This course will examine mathematics as it appears in art and architecture. Topics will include geometric compass and straight-edge constructions, the use of special proportions in Renaissance buildings, the symmetries of architectural ornament, the Platonic solids, and the projective geometry behind perspective and its later conscious distortion in painting. 1.00 units, Lecture

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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