Leonardo da Vinci
Subtitle: Experience, Experiment, and Design
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: October 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780691129051
Subjects: Early Renaissance (c 1400-1500); History - Renaissance; Art; Art & Art Instruction; European; Individual Artist; Art / History / Renaissance; Art and Architecture; Renaissance art
Description: 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.