Template:Did you know nominations/Perspectiva corporum regularium

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 14:12, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Perspectiva corporum regularium

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Great stellated dodecahedron from Perspectiva corporum regularium (1568)

• ... that Perspectiva corporum regularium, a 1568 book of engraved polyhedra (pictured), demonstrates visually the medieval theory that the complexity of the physical world comes from four basic elements? Source: Hyperallergic: "The resulting manipulations are often so varied it can be hard to discern from which Platonic solid they originated. This is Jamnitzer’s point: to show that all matter might be constituted by these primary shapes."

• Reviewed: Alex Anderson

Created by David Eppstein (talk). Self-nominated at 18:59, 1 September 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I found the article very interesting! Krelnik (talk) 20:26, 3 September 2020 (UTC)