How Long to Read Brook Taylor’s Work on Linear Perspective

How Long Does it Take to Read Brook Taylor’s Work on Linear Perspective?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 20 minutes to read Brook Taylor’s Work on Linear Perspective by Kirsti Andersen

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The aim of this book is to make accessible the two important but rare works of Brook Taylor and to describe his role in the history of linear perspective. Taylor's works, Linear Perspective and New Principles on Linear Perspective, are among the most important sources in the history of the theory of perspective. This text focuses on two aspects of this history. The first is the development, starting in the beginning of the 17th century, of a mathematical theory of perspective where gifted mathematicians used their creativity to solve basic problems of perspective and simultaneously were inspired to consider more general problems in the projective geometry. Taylor was one of the key figures in this development. The second aspect concerns the problem of transmitting the knowledge gained by mathematicians to the practitioners. Although Taylor's books were mathematical rather than challenging, he was the first mathematician to succeed in making the practitioners interested in teaching the theoretical foundation of perspective. He became so important in the development that he was named "the father of modern perspective" in England. The English school of Taylor followers contained among others the painter John Kirby and Joseph Highmore and the scientist Joseph Priestley. After its translation to Italian and French in the 1750s, Taylor's work became popular on the continent.

How long is Brook Taylor’s Work on Linear Perspective?

Brook Taylor’s Work on Linear Perspective by Kirsti Andersen is 260 pages long, and a total of 65,000 words.

This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Brook Taylor’s Work on Linear Perspective Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 55 minutes to read Brook Taylor’s Work on Linear Perspective aloud.

What Reading Level is Brook Taylor’s Work on Linear Perspective?

Brook Taylor’s Work on Linear Perspective is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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