The science of art : optical themes in Western art from Brunelleschi to Seurat /
Kemp, Martin, 1942-
The science of art : optical themes in Western art from Brunelleschi to Seurat / Martin Kemp. - New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 1990. - viii, 375 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: Lines Of Sight. Introduction To Part I --- 1. Perspective From Brunelleschi To Leonardo --- 2. Perspective From Durer To Galileo --- 3. Perspective From Rubens To Turner ---- Part Ii: Machine And Mind. Introduction To Part 2 --- 4. Machines And Marvels --- 5. Seeing, Knowing And Creating ---- Part 3: The Colour Of Light. Introduction To Part 3 --- 6. The Aristotelian Legacy --- 7. Newton And After --- Colour Plates --- Coda ---- Appendix I. Explanation Of Linear Perspective --- Appendix II. Brunelleschi's Demonstration Panels.
For almost five hundred years the central goal of European painting was the imitation of nature. Many artist and theorists, believing that imitation must be based on scientific principles, found inspiration or guidance in two branches of optics--the geometrical science of perspective and the physical science of colour. In this pathbreaking and highly illustrated book Martin Kemp examines the major optically orientated examples of artistic theory and practice from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century.
9780300052411 0300052413 9780300043372 0300043376
Painting--Technique.
Composition (Art)
Perspective.
Color in art.
Nature (Aesthetics)
The science of art : optical themes in Western art from Brunelleschi to Seurat / Martin Kemp. - New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 1990. - viii, 375 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: Lines Of Sight. Introduction To Part I --- 1. Perspective From Brunelleschi To Leonardo --- 2. Perspective From Durer To Galileo --- 3. Perspective From Rubens To Turner ---- Part Ii: Machine And Mind. Introduction To Part 2 --- 4. Machines And Marvels --- 5. Seeing, Knowing And Creating ---- Part 3: The Colour Of Light. Introduction To Part 3 --- 6. The Aristotelian Legacy --- 7. Newton And After --- Colour Plates --- Coda ---- Appendix I. Explanation Of Linear Perspective --- Appendix II. Brunelleschi's Demonstration Panels.
For almost five hundred years the central goal of European painting was the imitation of nature. Many artist and theorists, believing that imitation must be based on scientific principles, found inspiration or guidance in two branches of optics--the geometrical science of perspective and the physical science of colour. In this pathbreaking and highly illustrated book Martin Kemp examines the major optically orientated examples of artistic theory and practice from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century.
9780300052411 0300052413 9780300043372 0300043376
Painting--Technique.
Composition (Art)
Perspective.
Color in art.
Nature (Aesthetics)