Sujet
Allegory of Arithmetic, 1650. Creator: Laurent de la Hyre.
Légende
Allegory of Arithmetic, 1650. The importance of the intellect was often celebrated in representations of the Seven Liberal Arts: Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Geometry, Arithmetic, Astronomy, and Music. They could be personified as poised young women in a setting and clothing suggestive of ancient Greece, the homeland of Western abstract thought. On the book held by Arithmetic is the name of the Greek mathematician Pythagoras, while on the worksheet are the primary mathematical functions: addition, subtraction, and multiplication.
Date
1650
Crédit
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Notre référence
HRM23B22_012
Model release
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
65,5Mo (2,5Mo) / 42,0cm x 39,1cm / 4960 x 4613 (300dpi)