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The spread of descriptive geometry in Italy began in the years of the French occupation (1796–1813) and continued during the Restoration, mainly through military schools and universities. At the same times, the first technical-professional schools (public and private) were founded in Italy. Elementary descriptive geometry (theoretical and/or graphical) was taught in many of these schools, which played a key role in the popularization of this subject. In the first decades of the nineteenth century, Italy, after France, “was the European country that, before all others, had provided original contributions in the field of descriptive geometry” (Loria. 1921. Storia della Geometria descrittiva. Milano: Hoepli. [p. vii]). After unification and the Founding of the Kingdom of Italy (1861), a new model for universities and secondary education was created. The tradition that began at the time of the French invasion continued in the universities even in the united Italy. In contrast, after a major attempt to reform secondary schools in 1871, the teaching of descriptive geometry was gradually neglected. |
