Daniele Barbaro's Perspective of 1568

born from the cube [small rhombicuboctahedron].- Unfolding and description of a body that is born from the octahedron [truncated octahedron].- Unfolding and description of a body that is born from the dodecahedron and from the icosahedron [icosidodecahedron].- Unfolding and description of another body that is born from the dodecahedron [truncated dodecahedron].- Unfolding and description of another body that is born from the icosahedron [truncated icosahedron].- Unfolding and description of another body that is born from a composite body [great rhombicuboctahedron].- Unfolding and description of another body that is born from a composite body  [rectified truncated octahedron].- Unfolding and description of another body composite body [small rhombicosidodecahedron].- Unfolding and description of another body [rectified truncated icosahedron].- Unfolding of some other bodies [truncated pentakis dodecahedron].- Unfolding of another irregular body [truncated truncated icosahedron].- Unfolding of some other bodies [great rhombicosidodecahedron].- Unfolding of another irregular body [truncated truncated octahedron].- Unfolding of another irregular body [great rhombicosidodecahedron augmented with pentagonal cupolas].- Unfolding of another irregular body [great rhombicuboctahedron augmented with square cupolas].- Unfolding of another irregular body.- Unfolding of some bodies based on the surfaces of bodies both regular and irregular, and first that which is based on the pyramid [elevated tetrahedron].- Unfolding of a body based on the cube [elevated cube].- Unfolding of a body based on the octagon [elevated octahedron].- Unfolding of a body based on the dodecahedron [elevated dodecahedron].- Unfolding of a body based on the icosahedron [elevated icosahedron].- Unfolding of a body based on an irregular body [elevated cuboctahedron].- Unfolding of a body resting on an underlying body [elevated small rhombicuboctahedron].- Unfolding of another body [elevated icosidodecahedron].- Description of some of the previous bodies with pyramids.- Some easy and quick ways to draw plans and bodies.- How to degrade many circles drawn on the same centre and divided into several parts.- An easy way to degrade without rulers.- Description of the torchio, or mazzocchio.- The perfect description of the mazzocchio.- Part Four, in which will be treated scenographia, that is, the description of scenes.- The manners of scenes.- Description and shading of the Tuscan base.-  Description and shading of the Attic base.- Description and description of the Ionic base.- Description and degradation of columns.- Description and degradation of the Tuscan capital.-  Description and degradation of the Doric capital.- Description and degradation of the Ionic capital.- Description and degradation of the Corinthian capital.- Description of the Doric architrave.- Description of the Ionic architrave and the pediment.- Rules for the heights of the architraves and ways to transpose them from one size to another.- The description and degradation of stairs.- Of arches, vaults and doors.- Plan, elevation and profile of a temple.- Description of the Tragic scene.- Description of the Comic scene.- Description of the Satiric scene.- Part V, in which is set forth a fine and secret part of perspective.- [Distorting images] .- Part VI, which is called Planispherio.- Unfolding, description and degradation of the sphere.- Projection of the sphere onto the plane according to the ancients.- How to make projections of oblique circles.- The projection of the circles of the heights onto the plane.- Part VII, which treats lighting, shadows and colours.- [The importance of light, colour and chiaroscuro].- On the projection of shadows.- Part VIII, in which are treated the measures of the human body.- Measurement of the human body.- The way to describe the plan of the human head.- How to describe heads that are neither in profile nor straight on.- The way to make heads that look either up or down.- Part IX, in which are described many instruments and ways of rendering things in perspective and transporting them.- The author's instrument for making clocks in every climate, on every plane and for every sort of hour.- The use of the universal clock.- Albrecht Dürer's instrument for making perspectives.- Building another instrument by Baldassarre Lanci.- Natural manners of rendering things in perspective.- [Appendix] How with a new instrument it is possible to know the inclination of scarps of walls, according to the invention of Giacomo Castriotto.- Index.

modelling of architecture and city; augmented and virtual reality; gnomonic; science and technique applied to art and architecture; history of representation with particular skills related to Renaissance perspective. He is member of "Visualizing Cities", an international research devoted to the analysis and the representation of the historical, urban and architectural transformations. He is member of the National Technical UNI - UNI / CT 047 / GL 03 (Technical drawing for building and installations). On the topics of his research he has published several essays, presented conferences, lectures, directed digital installations for national and international exhibitions. Among his publications is Frank Lloyd Wright. Geometria e Astrazione nel Guggenheim Museum (Rome: Aracne 2013). He has published two papers in the Nexus Network Journal: "Perspective at Palladio's Time and Its Scientific Heritage" (with Andrea Giordano) and "The Perspective of Daniele Barbaro" (2019). His latest book is La prospettiva di Daniele Barbaro. Note critiche e trascrizione del manoscritto It. IV, 39=5446 (Aracne, 2020).