Tools of the imagination , c2007
- Title:
- Tools of the imagination : drawing tools and technologies from the eighteenth century to the present / Susan C. Piedmont-Palladino, editor.
- Published/Created:
- New York : Princeton Architectural Press, c2007.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 124 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Holdings:
- Reference LibraryNA2708 .T66 2007 (LC)Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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- Related Content:
- Table of contents only
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-121).
- Contents:
- 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.
- Subject Terms:
- Architectural drawing -- Technique.Drawing instruments.
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