Perspectival Drawing of a Column Base with Cube, Peter Flötner, 1528

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Perspectival Drawing of a Column Base with Cube, 1528, Pen and black ink, brush and grey wash, sheet: 4 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Peter Flötner (German, Thurgau 1485–1546 Nuremberg), For Renaissance artists, the representation of geometry was often a means of testing and perfecting their ability to work convincingly in perspective. A common trope was to rotate forms or stack them against or atop one another as a means of displaying the maker’s skill at visualizing an object from multiple angles within a single image

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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