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... 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."
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