Wenzel Jamnitzer

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Two cones; left composed of two spirals; right composed of woven strips and squares.
A Renaissance Twist of Ancient Mathematics
Translated as “Perspective of regular bodies,” Jamnitzer’s book exemplifies the overwhelming resurgence and appreciation of classical texts during the Renaissance. Not only does the artist present his drawings through a Latin introduction, but the regular bodies mentioned in the title are based on the five Platonic solids of Euclidean geometry: the tetrahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, icosahedron...