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The illustration Artist and Model in the Studio by Albrecht Dürer, first published in The Painter's Manual in 1525.

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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)

Albrecht Dürer's The Painter's Manual (more literally, the Instructions on Measurement) was first published in 1525 and features the famous woodcut Artist and Model in the Studio. It is a book on geometry and perspective and was published at Nuremberg. It is the first book for adults to be published on mathematics in German.

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  • Vnderweysung der messung mit dem zirckel vnd richtscheyt (= Underweysung der Messung mit dem Zirkel und Richtscheyt), bei Hieronymus Andreae, Nürnberg 1525 (Digitalisat)


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