Jean François Niceron, "La Perspective Curieuse",
1638
La perspective curieuse, 'Magie articielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique par la vision directe, Paris, 1638 This richly illustrated manual on perspective revealed for the first time the secrets of anamorphosis and trompe l'oeil.
It contained the first published reference to Descartes's derivation of the law of refraction.
First published in 1638 with 25 plates only, Niceron's work was later enlarged by Roberval
in a far inferior edition (1663).
Jean-François Niceron
Jean-François Niceron (1613-1646) was a French mathematician, Minim friar, and painter of anamorphic art,
on which he wrote the ground-breaking book, "La Perspective Curieuse." |
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