Perspective and Projective Geometry

Through a unique approach combining art and mathematics, Perspective and Projective Geometry introduces students to the ways that projective geometry applies to perspective art. Geometry, like mathematics as a whole, offers a useful and meaningful lens for understanding the visual world. Exploring pencil-and-paper drawings, photographs, Renaissance paintings, and GeoGebra constructions, this textbook equips students with the geometric tools for projecting a three-dimensional scene onto two dimensions.

Organized as a series of exercise modules, this book teaches students through hands-on inquiry and participation. Each lesson begins with a visual puzzle that can be investigated through geometry, followed by exercises that reinforce new concepts and hone students' analytical abilities. An electronic instructor's manual available to teachers contains sample syllabi and advice, including suggestions for pacing and grading rubrics for art projects.

Drawing vital interdisciplinary connections between art and mathematics, Perspective and Projective Geometry is ideally suited for undergraduate students interested in mathematics or computer graphics, as well as for mathematically inclined students of architecture or art.

- Features computer-based GeoGebra modules and hands-on exercises
- Contains ample visual examples, math and art puzzles, and proofs with real-world applications
- Suitable for college students majoring in mathematics, computer science, and art
- Electronic instructor's manual (available only to teachers)

Author: Annalisa Crannell, Marc Frantz, Fumiko Futamura
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 12/10/2019
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.80w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780691196558

About the Author
Annalisa Crannell is professor of mathematics at Franklin & Marshall College. Marc Frantz is a research associate in mathematics at Indiana University. He holds a BFA in painting from the Herron School of Art and an MS in mathematics from Purdue University. Fumiko Futamura is professor of mathematics at Southwestern University and is an artist. Frantz and Crannell are the coauthors of Viewpoints: Mathematical Perspective and Fractal Geometry in Art (Princeton).