[EN] In general, there are two ways to account for reality: tragically or epically. Plato criticized the first one and applauded the second one. To these forms correspond two modes of representation in perspective: conical ...

[EN] By the end of the 17th centu ry, many of Europe’s major cities had been ravaged by sanitary plagues. As a result, Enlightenment thinking prompted the reformulation of certain urban elements. A new urban type appeared, ...