In crisp black lines on cream-colored paper, two complex geometric forms on pedestals. At left, a hollow globe-shaped form composed of three-pointed stars, creating open diamond shapes. It is balanced on the point of a faceted cone-shaped pedestal with a wide, faceted circular base. At right, a globe-shaped form composed of five-pointed stars, creating open triangles. Within the form, a many-pointed star, each point a long triangular pyramid. The points project through the open spaces of the enclosing form. One point rests on the faceted cylindrical pedestal, ringed with triangles and rectangular blocks at its base. The faces of both forms are shaded with stippled, hatched, and crosshatched lines, creating the illusion of depth.

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This and 51 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Perspectiva. Corporum Regularium., 1568.

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1957	We acquired this object.
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Print, Plate O, F.IIII, Rhombentrikontaeder und Ikosaeder (Rhombic Triacontrahedron and Icosahedron), Perspectiva Corporum Regularium (Perspective of the Regular Bodies), 1568

This is a Print. It was designed by Wenzel Jamnitzer and engraved by Jost Amman. It is dated 1568 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is etching on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This print, designed by Wenzel Jamnitzer, court
goldsmith to the Habsburg Emperors, belongs to an
album featuring geometric figures corresponding to
the 5 Platonic solids. Plato connected these geodesic
forms with the elements of fire (tetrahedron),
earth (cube), air (octahedron), heavenly aether
(dodecahedron), water (icosahedron). Here,
Jamnitzer presents 2 complex polyhedral variants.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop.

Dome-shaped Architectural Staircase Model

Dome-shaped Architectural Staircase Model
walnut and beechwood.
Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
2014-11-3

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 23.3 × 35.5 cm (9 3/16 × 14 in.) Platemark: 17.7 × 25.7 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right corner: 36.

Cite this object as

Print, Plate O, F.IIII, Rhombentrikontaeder und Ikosaeder (Rhombic Triacontrahedron and Icosahedron), Perspectiva Corporum Regularium (Perspective of the Regular Bodies), 1568; Designed by Wenzel Jamnitzer (German, 1508–1585); Engraved by Jost Amman (Swiss, active Germany, 1539–1591); Switzerland; etching on laid paper; Sheet: 23.3 × 35.5 cm (9 3/16 × 14 in.) Platemark: 17.7 × 25.7 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop; 1957-192-3-37

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Cp5i/
Accession Number 1957-192-3-37
Object ID 18418149