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Pythagorus QED
Calligrapher: Kerr, Lin
Artist's statement: "I have graphically illustrated this lengthy proof by using a mosaic with two complementary colours, which then combine visually and numerically to create the hypotenuse square." Gouache and Dutch metal on Roma Fabriano paper, artist's hand-made rubber stamped letters.
Given by Lin Kerr
Height: 500 mm
Width: 760 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given by Kerr, Lin
Production date: AD 2003
Support
composed of
paper
( Roma Fabriano)
Decoration
Accession number: CAL 19-2007
Primary reference Number: 167372
Old object number: Calligraphy/Kerr/1-2
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Pythagorus QED" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167372 Accessed: 2023-06-04 15:49:54
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Accession Number: CAL 21-2007
Accession Number: CAL 20-2007
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