Perspectival Drawing of a Column Base with Cube, 1528, Pen and black ink, brush and grey wash, sheet: 4 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (10.8 x 9.5 cm), Drawings, Peter Flötner (German, Thurgau 1485–1546 Nuremberg), For Renaissance artists, the representation of geometry was often a means of testing and perfecting their ability to work convincingly in perspective. A common trope was to rotate forms or stack them against or atop one another as a means of displaying the maker’s skill at visualizing an object from multiple angles within a single image
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Perspectival Drawing, Column Base, Cube, 1528, Pen, black ink, brush, grey wash, sheet, 4 1/4 x 3 3/4, 10.8 9.5 cm, Drawings, Peter Flötner, German, Thurgau, 1485–1546, Nuremberg, Renaissance, artists, representation, geometry, means, testing, perfecting, ability, work convincingly, perspective, common trope, rotate forms, stack, atop, another, displaying, maker, skill, visualizing, object, multiple angles, within, single image
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