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The science of art : optical themes in Western art from Brunelleschi to Seurat / Martin Kemp.

By: Publication details: New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 1990.Description: viii, 375 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780300052411
  • 0300052413
  • 9780300043372
  • 0300043376
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Book Book CGLAS Library Blue 701 KEM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 01435

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.