Made to Measure: Constructions of the Body in Early Modern Europe Ghent University
The role of geometry in the Renaissance is often discussed in the utopian terms with which it was
theorized by 16th C. humanists and scientists. Yet geometry and its numerous applications for the
mapping and predicting of real world phenomena were also the sources of tremendous innovation
that owed little to antique texts, as utilized by the artisans whose livelihood depended upon
understanding the properties and ...