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
Picturing Machines 1400-1700
✍ Scribed by Wolfgang Lefèvre) (editor)
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 355
- Series
- Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
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 Vincis 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.
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