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"Pacioli"
LEONARDO
Da VINCI
SERIES






Height
4.8 in
Mass
448 g
Fired
High
Glaze
None
Started
7/26/97
Finished
11/23/97
Style
Geometrica
Series
Leonardo da Vinci

This piece is named for Fra Luca Pacioli (1445-1514), a well-known Renaissance master of mathematics and sacred geometry. He wrote the first treatise exploring the Golden Mean in great detail entitled "De Divina Proportione" which was illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci. Pacioli's other book, the "Summa" published in 1494 gives a summary of the mathematics known at that time. It studies arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry and provided a basis for the major progress in mathematics which took place in Europe shortly after this time.