Wolfgang Lefèvre ,"Picturing Machines 1400-1700" (Repost)
Wolfgang Lefèvre ,"Picturing Machines 1400-1700"
ISBN: 0262122693 | edition 2004 | PDF | 355 pages | 20,8 mb
ISBN: 0262122693 | edition 2004 | PDF | 355 pages | 20,8 mb
Technical drawings by the architects and engineers of the Renaissance made use of a range of new methods of graphic representation. These drawings—among them Leonardo da Vinci's famous drawings of mechanical devices—have long been studied for their aesthetic qualities and technological ingenuity, but their significance for the architects and engineers themselves is seldom considered. The essays in Picturing Machines 1400-1700 take this alternate perspective and look at how drawing shaped the practice of early modern engineering. They do so through detailed investigations of specific images, looking at over 100 that range from sketches to perspective views to thoroughly constructed projections.
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