Monte di Piet̉.
| Format: | Book |
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Text in English; abstracts in English and Italian. |
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Milan :
Fondazione Prada,
2024.
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| Item Description: | Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Ca' Corner della Regina, Venice, Italy, April 20-November 24, 2024. "Conceived by Christoph B|chel, this book comprises a selection of 120 texts composed of 108 reprints from ancient manuscripts, book, and periodicals, and of 12 newly commissioned essays, all connected with the themes explored in the "Monte di Piet̉" exhibition project. The texts are presented in a unique chronological order, superimposed on the 616 pages of the Summa de arithmetica, geometria, proportioni et proportionalita, and influential compendium by the mathematician and Franciscan friar Luca Pacioli (1445-1517) composed of four books on arithmetic, algebra, and geometry."--Page 729. Cover title. |
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| Physical Description: | 616 pages, 114 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 18 cm |
| ISBN: | 9788887029895 888702989X |