Title & Author:

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

Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2007.

Description:

xi, 124 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-121).
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.

Summary:

"Tools of the Imagination: Drawing Tools and Technologies from the Eighteenth Century to the Present takes the reader on a 250-year journey through the history of invention and innovation in architectural design implements end technologies. This collection is accompanied by drawings and models that record the evolution in the expression of architectural ideas."--Jacket.

Resources:
Cover
Publisher description
Contributor biographical information
Table of contents
Table of contents only

ISBN:

1568985991 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9781568985992 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architectural drawing Technique.
Drawing instruments.
Architectural drawing Technique Exhibitions.
Drawing instruments Exhibitions.
Dessin d'architecture Technique Expositions.
Dessin Instruments Expositions.
Dessin Instruments.
drawing instruments.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs

Added entries:

Piedmont-Palladino, Susan.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 249407
Call No.: BIB 178992
Status: Available