The liberal arts
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: The liberal arts
zbMATH Open document ID: 0915.01004
DOI: 10.1007/BF03024804
author: Benno Artmann
published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer
publication date: 1998-12-08T00:00:00Z
review text: Published in the section ``The mathematical tourist'', the article presents photographs of the four sciences arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy, personified in sculptures dating from 1556, which can be seen at the town hall of Lemgo in Northern Germany. The author adds some remarks on the quadrivium (these four mathematical sciences) and its history, as well as three further illustrations. No information about the artist or about the instruments by which the sciences are characterized is given.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A40
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A35
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A99
zbMATH DE Number: 1210480
zbMATH Keywords: liberal arts
zbMATH Keywords: mathematical education
zbMATH Keywords: classification of mathematics
reviewed by: Christoph J. Scriba
MaRDI profile type: Publication
cites work: Q4002555
cites work: Q3943552
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03024804
OpenAlex ID: W2986082854
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1210480