THE OLD MATHEMATICS OF BEAUTY

Lundy, Miranda; Ashton, Anthony; Martineau, Jason; Sutton, Daud

Quadrivium [The Classical Arts of Number, Geometry, Music, and Cosmology]

New York: Bloomsbury, 2009.
WHERE MATHEMATICS, MUSIC, ART, AND PHILOSOPHY MEET.
Part of the celebrated Wooden Books series, Quadrivium gathers four compact illustrated studies exploring the classical mathematical arts of arithmetic, geometry, music, and cosmology.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. Approximately 6.5 by 7.5 inches; 410 pages with index and bibliography. Fully illustrated throughout with diagrams, figures, and explanatory drawings.

CONDITION: New. No flaws or blemishes. Gift Quality.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: The Liberal Arts Reintroduced —
The quadrivium formed the mathematical half of the medieval liberal arts, joining arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy as disciplines of proportion and order. This modern Wooden Books volume revives that tradition for contemporary readers, making ancient patterns of thought accessible through concise essays and visual explanation.

Subjects: Quadrivium, Wooden Books, Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, Cosmology, Sacred Geometry, Liberal Arts, Classical Education, Mathematics in Art, Mathematical Philosophy, Proportion, Harmony, Pattern, Medieval Learning, Bloomsbury, Mathematics; Philosophy; Art & Design; Music Theory; Intellectual History.

Item #22199
ISBN: 9780802778130

Price: $14.00