NDLI: Juan Bautista Villalpando and the Nature and Science of Architectural Drawing

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Author	Morrison, Tessa
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	In 1604, Jesuit priest and architect Juan Bautista Villalpando published In Ezechielem Explanationes, a massive three-volume scriptural exegesis on the Book of Ezekiel. Volume Two was dedicated to the reconstruction of Ezekiel’s vision of the Temple of Solomon and consists of five books: on the prophecy on the Temple; its plan and reconstruction; the justification of the reconstruction; its bronzes and ornamentation, and an entire book on the nature and science of architectural drawing. Initially the latter appears out of place in a Scriptural exegesis but he explained that the purpose of this book was to provide a guide for theologians so that they can form a mental idea or image of Temple, for their understanding and enlightenment of the entire Temple. However, throughout the text he points to the utility of the book to architects. For Villalpando the laws of optics were essential to the norms of perspective. Moreover, the sense and structure of seeing was a crucial element to the norms of mathematic and architecture, it is also a central theme in his theology. This paper examines his theory and his proposal of perspective for architecture drawing.
Starting Page	63
Ending Page	73
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15905896
Journal	Nexus Network Journal
Volume Number	12
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15224600
Language	English
Publisher	SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
Publisher Date	2010-02-06
Publisher Place	Basel
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Juan Bautista Villalpando architectural drawing seventeenth century perspective optics geometry perspective theory History Popular Science History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics Mathematics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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