Leonardo Da Vinci: Experience, Experiment, and Design

by Martin Kemp and Emeritus Professor of the History of Art Martin Kemp

Book Overview

Here, the world's leading authority on Leonardo da Vinci takes us to the heart of the Renaissance master's genius--his visual thinking. Probing the mystery of how da Vinci thought graphically, on paper, Martin Kemp traces not only his approach to modeling but also fascinating efforts by modern engineering to build his inventions. Could these inventions have worked? We see da Vinci visualizing mighty ideas from the arts of peace to the science of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691129053
• ISBN13: 9780691129051
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 4.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 10.0" x 13.6"