Tools of the imagination
Subtitle: drawing tools and technologies from the eighteenth century to the present
By: Susan C. Piedmont-Palladino, editor.
Contributors: Piedmont-Palladino, Susan.
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9781568985992
Subjects: Architectural drawing -- Technique; Drawing instruments
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Chase W. Rynd; title: Preface / Howard Decker; title: Introduction / Susan C. Piedmont-Palladino; title: Circles and spheres; title: The line; title: The lead pencil: lever of the architect's imagination / Paul Emmons; title: The geometry of art; title: Light and shadow; title: Perspective; title: Design tools : a collector's perspective and an architect's odyssey / David V. Thompson; title: Copying; title: From model to drawing to building; title: Erasing or deleting; title: Imagination and building beyond tools / Phillip G. Bernstein; title: Conclusion: improvisations, instruments, and algorithms / William J. Mitchell; title: Bibliography and additional sources; title: Exhibition acknowledgments; title: Image credits; title: Contributor biographies.