Leonardo Da Vinci : experience, experiment and design / Martin Kemp.

Main entry:

Kemp, Martin.

Title & Author:

Leonardo Da Vinci : experience, experiment and design / Martin Kemp.

Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2006.

Description:

ix, 213 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 35 cm

Notes:
"Published on the occasion of an exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum"--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-208) and index.
Unity in diversity -- I: Models and modelling -- Leonardo's modelling -- Modelling Leonardo -- II: Thinking on paper -- Form and space -- Force and motion.

Summary:

The world's leading authority on Leonardo da Vinci takes readers to the heart of the Renaissance master's genius--his visual thinking. Probing the mystery of how da Vinci thought graphically, on paper, Kemp traces not only his approach to modeling but also fascinating efforts by modern engineers to build his inventions.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0691129053
9780691129051

Subject:

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 Criticism and interpretation.
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Léonard, de Vinci, 1452-1519 Critique et interprétation.
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.
Art and science.
Inventions.
Art et sciences.
Notebooks.
Tekeningen.
Handschriften.
Italië.
Léonard, de Vinci, 1452-1519 Critique et interprétation Art et sciences Inventions Tekeningen Handschriften Italië.

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Council of Europe. Art Exhibition (28th : 2006 : Florence, Italy; Oxford, England; London, England; Munich, Germany)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 249700
Call No.: BIB 179276
Status: Available

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