Leonardo and the Pseudo-RCO

2013/07/16 by J. M. Wills, Wills, Joerg M.
Arts and Humanities · Neuroscience · #Aesthetic Perception and Analysis #Architecture and Art History Studies #FOS: Mathematics #History and Overview (math.HO)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1307.4936

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Abstract

There are two hypotheses on Leonardo's polyhedron based on the Pseudo-RCO and drawn for Luca Pacioli's book: Leonardo made an error, or: Leonardo draw it with intention, as it is. We give arguments, which support the Intention-hypothesis.

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