Tools of the imagination : 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 /
Susan C. Piedmont-Palladino, editor
- New York : Princeton Architectural Press, c2007
- xi, 124 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 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 9781568985992
Architectural drawing--Technique
Drawing instruments
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 9781568985992
Architectural drawing--Technique
Drawing instruments