Tools of the imagination : drawing tools and technologies from the eighteenth century to the present / Susan C. Piedmont-Palladino, ed.

Piedmont-Palladino, Susan C. ; Piedmont-Palladino, Susan *1958-*

Tools of the imagination ; (Washington, DC) : 2005.03.05-10.10

1. ed.

Englisch

New York, NY : Princeton Architectural Press, 2007

XI, 124 S. : zahlr. Ill ; 25cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-121)

0612

1-56898-599-1 (hbk.) : £17.00 hbk. : £17.00

978-1-56898-599-2 : hardcover : alk. paper

Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Design tools: a collector's perspective and an architect's odyssey -- Circles and spheres -- The line -- The geometry of art -- The lead pencil: lever of the architect's imagination -- Light and shadow -- Perspective -- Copying -- Imagination and building beyond tools -- From model to drawing to building -- Erasing or deleting -- Conclusion: improvisations, instruments, and algorithms -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Additional sources -- Contributor biographies

*Werkzeug / Zeichnen

*Architekturzeichnung / Instrument / Gerät / Technik / Geschichte 1700-2006

*Architectural drawing -- Technique ; Drawing instruments

*Architectural drawing / Technique ; Drawing instruments

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: NA2708

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 720.284 ; 720/.284

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: LH 67220: LD,LH-LO Kunstgeschichte / LH 10015-LH 90260 Allgemeines. Allgemeine Kunstgeschichte / Allgemeines, epochenübergreifende Darstellungen

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: ZH 3550: ZG-ZS Technik / ZH Architektur / Architekturzeichnen , Bauaufnahme

Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Design tools: a collector's perspective and an architect's odyssey -- Circles and spheres -- The line -- The geometry of art -- The lead pencil: lever of the architect's imagination -- Light and shadow -- Perspective -- Copying -- Imagination and building beyond tools -- From model to drawing to building -- Erasing or deleting -- Conclusion: improvisations, instruments, and algorithms -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Additional sources -- Contributor biographies

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0612/2006012497.html [Table of contents only]

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0738/2006012497-b.html [Contributor biographical information]

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0738/2006012497-d.html [Publisher description]

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