What Borromini might have known about ovals. Ruler and compass constructions

DOI10.1007/S00004-014-0190-ZzbMath1298.00065OpenAlexW2088818507MaRDI QIDQ468472

Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti

Publication date: 7 November 2014

Published in: Nexus Network Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-014-0190-z

zbMATH Keywords

ovalsEuclidean geometryGeoGebraBorrominieggspolycentric curvesSan Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Descriptive geometry (51N05) Mathematics and architecture (00A67)

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A Euclidean approach to eggs and polycentric curves ⋮ Book review of: A. A. Mazzotti, All sides to an oval: properties, parameters, and Borromini's mysterious construction ⋮ A focal curve approximation of a Borromini oval contour ⋮ Oval domes. The case of the \textit{Basílica de la Virgen de los Desamparados} of Valencia

Uses Software

• GeoGebra

Cites Work

• A Euclidean approach to eggs and polycentric curves
• Oval domes: history, geometry and mechanics
• Ovals for any given proportion in architecture: a layout possibly known in the sixteenth century
• The science behind Francesco Borromini's divine geometry

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