Tools of the imagination : [book] drawing tools and technologies from the eighteenth century to the present /
Tools of the imagination : drawing tools and technologies from the eighteenth century to the present / [book]
Susan C. Piedmont-Palladino, editor.
- New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2007
- xi, 124 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-121)
Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Circles and spheres -- The line -- The lead pencil: lever of the architect's imagination -- The geometry of art -- Light and shadow -- Perspective -- Design tools: a collector's perspective and an architect's odyssey -- Copying -- From model to drawing to building -- Erasing or deleting -- Imagination and building beyond tools -- Conclusion: improvisations, instruments, and algorithms -- Bibliography and additional sources -- Contributor biographies.
1568985991 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1415 Bht 9781568985992 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING--TECHNIQUE
DRAWING INSTRUMENTS.
NA 2708 / T66 2007
Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-121)
Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Circles and spheres -- The line -- The lead pencil: lever of the architect's imagination -- The geometry of art -- Light and shadow -- Perspective -- Design tools: a collector's perspective and an architect's odyssey -- Copying -- From model to drawing to building -- Erasing or deleting -- Imagination and building beyond tools -- Conclusion: improvisations, instruments, and algorithms -- Bibliography and additional sources -- Contributor biographies.
1568985991 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1415 Bht 9781568985992 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING--TECHNIQUE
DRAWING INSTRUMENTS.
NA 2708 / T66 2007