Seen | Unseen
Douban
ISBN: 9780199295722
author:
Martin Kemp
book format: Hardcover
publishing house:
Oxford University Press, USA
publication date: 2006
-10
price: USD 55.00
number of pages: 368
Art, Science, and Intuition from Leonardo to the Hubble Telescope
overview
Seen | Unseen is a deep, richly illustrated, and erudite analysis of the interconnections between science and the visual arts. Martin Kemp explores the responses of artists, scientists, and their instruments, to the world - ranging from early representations of perspective, to pinhole cameras, particle accelerators and the Hubble telescope. From Leonardo, Durer, and the inventors of photography to contemporary sculptors, and from Galileo and Darwin to Stephen J. Gould, Kemp considers the way in which scientists and artists have perceived the world and responded to its patterns, and sees common 'structural intuitions' reflected in their work.