Luca Pacioli
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| - | ''[[De Divina Proportione]]'' by [[Luca Pacioli]], a three-volume work published in 1509. Pacioli, a [[Franciscan]] [[friar]], was known mostly as a mathematician, but he was also trained and keenly interested in art. ''De Divina Proportione'' explored the mathematics of the golden ratio. Though it is often said that Pacioli advocated the golden ratio's application to yield pleasing, harmonious proportions, Livio points out that that interpretation has been traced to an error in 1799, and that Pacioli actually advocated the [[Vitruvius|Vitruvian]] system of rational proportions. Pacioli also saw Catholic religious significance in the ratio, which led to his work's title. Containing illustrations of regular solids by [[Leonardo Da Vinci]], Pacioli's longtime friend and collaborator, ''De Divina Proportione'' was a major influence on generations of artists and architects alike. | + | '''Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli''' (sometimes ''Paccioli'' or ''Paciolo''; 1446/7 – 1517) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[mathematician]], [[Franciscan]] friar, collaborator with [[Leonardo da Vinci]], and seminal contributor to the field now known as [[accounting]]. He was also called '''Luca di Borgo''' after his birthplace, [[Sansepolcro|Borgo Sansepolcro]], [[Tuscany]]. |
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| + | *[[List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics]] | ||
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Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli (sometimes Paccioli or Paciolo; 1446/7 – 1517) was an Italian mathematician, Franciscan friar, collaborator with Leonardo da Vinci, and seminal contributor to the field now known as accounting. He was also called Luca di Borgo after his birthplace, Borgo Sansepolcro, Tuscany.
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