Ovals for any given proportion in architecture: a layout possibly known in the sixteenth century

DOI10.1007/S00004-011-0083-3MaRDI QIDQ1697006zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ana López Mozo

Publication date 15 February 2018

Published in Nexus Network Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-011-0083-3

zbMATH Keywords

ovalsvaultsarcheshistory of constructionJuan de Herrerathe Escorial

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of geometry (51-03) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) Mathematics and architecture (00A67)

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