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Traité de perspective

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  • “Eva Prima Pandora,” painting on panel by Jean Cousin the Elder, c. 1550; in the Louvre, Paris
    In Jean Cousin the Elder

    Cousin’s Traité de perspective (1560; “Treatise of Perspective”) summarizes his knowledge of art, science, and geometry. After his death, his son, also called Jean Cousin, took over the Paris studio.

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