Drawing of the Space Between Tradition and New Media

Abstract

The research aims to develop and experiment with a new form of visualization of one of the most celebrated treatises in Descriptive Geometry: La Géométrie descriptive. Leçons données aux Écoles normales, l'an 3 de la République published in Paris in 1827 and written by the French mathematician Gaspard Monge (1746–1818). First of all the research focuses on digitizing the 25 planchets contained within the treatise and showing solutions to complex geometry ex-ercizes through the use of the method of double orthogonal projections and, then, on the study of a new form of communication of the discipline that would facilitate its learning. The aim of the research is thus to begin a path of accessing information through e-learning based forms of learning. At a later stage, such an approach could see its scope broadened by involving other ancient treatises that do not necessarily deal with purely geometric apparatuses but may also find applications in other disciplinary fields.