Considerations regarding the representation of the invisible: Monge’s method in four dimensions

Abstract

The graphic representation of fourdimensional space, between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, deserves a prominent place in the history of graphic thinking. As happened in the development of the Renaissance perspective, the study of polyhedra and polytopes by a few ‘graphic mathematicians’ was linked to the codification of new ways of representation. The desire to define new ways of seeing and representing the fourth dimension transcended all the spheres of aesthetic manifestations. We provide relevant testimonies regarding the evolution of the four-dimensional graphic systems. A final contribution based on Alfredo Llorens Herrero’s Thesis 1 is also included, which involves the amplification of the Dihedral System or Monge’s method through the inclusion of an extra dimension.

Keywords

• cuarta dimensión
• visualización 4d
• perspectiva
• geometría descriptiva