Tools of the imagination [[electronic resource] ] : drawing tools and technologies from the eighteenth century to the present / / Susan C. Piedmont-Palladino, editor

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Princeton Architectural Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (136 p.)
• Disciplina: 720/.284
• Soggetto topico: Architectural drawing - Technique; Drawing instruments
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: Piedmont-PalladinoSusan
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-121).
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Tools of the imagination
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461774403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II