Descriptive geometry
The invention of Descriptive Geometry by Gaspard Monge in the end of the 18th century created the conditions for both abstract and practical geometry to be explored and used with the same methods. Although based in double orthogonal projections found in the works developed by Dürer and Frézier, Monge created a strict protocol, a scientific method of finding three dimensional geometrical solutions and describing graphically and accurately objects and spaces (Calvo López, 2011). This new discipline, first targeted to military engineers, was eventually adopted by architects, engineers and designers until today.
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