Jean Francois Niceron - Optics, perspective... 1638 - 1646

in art •  6 years ago 

R. P. Ioannis Francisci Niceronis ... Thaumaturgus opticus, seu Admiranda Optices, per radium directum Catoptrices, per reflexum è politis corporibus, planis, cylindricis, conicis, polyedris, polygonis & aliis Dioptrices, per refractum in diaphanis. ... Ad eminmum cardinalem Mazarinum

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La perspectiue curieuse…, Jean François Niceron
First book specifically dedicated to the perspective technique of "anamorphosis". A copy was donated by the author to Prince Leopoldo de' Medici in 1643. The plate on display illustrates the dioptric artifice allowing to see the hidden portrait of Ferdinando II.

La perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique, la catoptique, la dioptique
by Nicéron, Jean-François 1638

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Useful links:
https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5SZiLUGvZhwC/
https://archive.org/details/BIUSante_01737/
https://catalogue.museogalileo.it/gallery/JeanFrancoisNiceronPerspectiueCurieuseFacsimile.html

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