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1	Leonardo Da Vinci: The Marvellous Works of Nature and Man more books like this by Mr. Martin Kemp add to wishlist This masterly account of Leonardo da Vinci and his vision of the world is now widely recognized as the classic treatment of Leonardo's art, science, and thought, giving an unparalleled insight into the broadening and deepening of Leonardo's intellect and vision throughout his artistic career. Kemp, one of the world's leading authorities on ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $2.71! \| first editions
2	The Oxford History of Western Art more books like this by Mr. Martin Kemp (Editor) add to wishlist In this reappraisal of how the history of art can be presented and understood, readers are given insights not only into how and why works of art were created, but also how works in different media relate to each other across time. This is not the simple, linear story of art, but a series of stories, told from varying viewpoints. The founding ... see all copies from $8.88! new only from $14.93! \| first editions
3	Leonardo more books like this by Mr. Martin Kemp add to wishlist This fascinating exploration of Leonardo's life and work identifies what it was that made him so unique and explains the phenomenon of one of the world's most celebrated artistic geniuses who, five hundred years on, still grips and inspires us. Martin Kemp offers us exceptional insights into the mind of this exemplary Renaissance man, and into the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
4	The Science of Art: Optical Themes in Western Art from Brunelleschi to Seurat more books like this by Mr. Martin Kemp add to wishlist In this illustrated book, Martin Kemp examines the major optically oriented examples of artistic theory and practice, from Brunelleschi's invention of perspective and its exploitation by Leonardo and Duerer to the beginnings of photography. In a discussion of colour theory, Kemp traces two main traditions of colour science - the Aristotelian ... see all copies from $19.95! new only from $30.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Leonardo on Painting: An Anthology of Writings by Leonardo Da Vinci; With a Selection of Documents Relating to His Career as an Artist more books like this by Mr. Martin Kemp (Editor), Leonardo add to wishlist Leonardo's writings on painting - among the most remarkable from any era - were never edited by Leonardo himself into a single coherent book. In this anthology the authors have edited material not only from his so-called Treatise on Painting but also from his surviving manuscripts and from other primary sources, some of which were here translated ... see all copies from $8.25! new only from $12.83! \| SVS
6	Discover Your Genius: How to Think Like History's Ten Most Revolutionary Minds more books like this by J Gelb Michael, Mr. Martin Kemp (Foreword by), Norma Miller (Illustrator) add to wishlist Everyone has the potential for genius, according to Michael J. Gelb. He's dedicated his life to helping others develop that potential with best selling audio programmes like MIND MAPPING and PUTTING YOUR CREATIVE GENIUS TO WORK, and his best selling HOW TO THINK LIKE LEONARDO DA VINCI book and workbook. The full expression of our unique genius ... see all copies from $2.50! new only from $6.56! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Leonardo Da Vinci: Revised Edition more books like this by Kenneth Clark, Bar, Mr. Martin Kemp (Illustrator) add to wishlist This is a personally compelling introduction to Leonardo's genius, a classic monograph of Leonardo's art and his development. see all copies from $5.71! new only from $14.09! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Leonardo on Painting: An Anthology of Writings by Leonardo Da Vinci with a Selection of Documents Relating to His Career more books like this by Leonardo, Leonardo da Vinci, Mr. Martin Kemp (Editor) add to wishlist This book is an anthology of writings by Leonardo da Vinci, with a selection of documents relating to his career as an artist. This book is an invaluable reference work for art historians as well as for anyone interested in the mind and methods of one of the world's greatest creative geniuses. see all copies from $3.70! new only from $15.00! \| first editions
9	Visualizations: The Nature Book of Art and Science more books like this by Mr. Martin Kemp add to wishlist Short, pithy, beautifully illustrated articles on various fascinating intersections of art and science, originally published in the British magazine Nature. see all copies from $13.92! new only from $41.52! \| first editions \| SVS
10	True: the autobiography of Martin Kemp. more books like this by Martin Kemp add to wishlist Writing his own story Martin Kemp talks frankly about his upbringing in working-class Islington, stardom and success with Spandau Ballet and the break up of the band. He writes openly about his film career, the huge success of The Krays, his tremendous fight against brain cancer and on to today with fame again in EastEnders. This is a stunningly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.00!
11 view cover	True: Auto of Martin Kemp more books like this by Martin Kemp add to wishlist Writing his own story Martin Kemp talks frankly about his upbringing in working-class Islington, stardom and success with Spandau Ballet and the break up of the band. He writes openly about his film career, the huge success of The Krays, his tremendous fight against brain cancer and on to today with fame again in EastEnders. This is a stunningly ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $182.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Leonardo Da Vinci: Experience, Experiment, and Design more books like this by Mr. Martin Kemp add to wishlist Here, the world's leading authority on Leonardo da Vinci takes us to the heart of the Renaissance master's genius - his visual thinking. Probing the mystery of how da Vinci thought graphically, on paper, Martin Kemp traces not only his approach to modeling but also fascinating efforts by modern engineering to build his inventions. Could these ... see all copies from $26.45! new only from $37.07! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Human Animal in Western Art and Science more books like this by Mr. Martin Kemp add to wishlist From the lazy, fiddling grasshopper to the sneaky Big Bad Wolf, children's stories and fables enchant us with their portrayals of animals who act like people. But the comparisons run both ways, as metaphors, stories, and images - as well as scientific theories - throughout history remind us that humans often act like animals, and that the line ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $15.00!
14	Martin Behrman of New Orleans: Memoirs of a City Boss more books like this by John R. Kemp (Editor), Martin Behrman add to wishlist see all copies from $2.90! first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Notebooks more books like this by Leonardo da Vinci, Thereza Wells (Editor), Mr. Martin Kemp (Preface by) add to wishlist 'Study me reader, if you find delight in me...Come, O men, to see the miracles that such studies will disclose in nature.' Most of what we know about Leonardo da Vinci, we know because of his notebooks. Some 6,000 sheets of notes and drawings survive, which represent perhaps one-fifth of what he actually produced. In them he recorded everything ... see all copies from $7.69! new only from $7.69! \| SVS
16 view cover	Seen/Unseen: Art, Science, and Intuition from Leonardo to the Hubble Telescope more books like this by Mr. Martin Kemp add to wishlist Seen \| Unseen is a deep, richly illustrated, and erudite analysis of the interconnections between science and the visual arts. Martin Kemp explores the responses of artists, scientists, and their instruments, to the world - ranging from early representations of perspective, to pinhole cameras, particle accelerators and the Hubble telescope. From ... see all copies from $12.99! new only from $12.99! \| SVS
17 view cover	Joseph Beuys: Drawings After the Codices Madrid of Leonardo Da Vinci more books like this by Martin Kemp, Joseph Beuys (Illustrator), Lynne Cooke (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $21.95! new only from $40.68! \| SVS
18 view cover	Behind the Picture: Art and Evidence in the Italian Renaissance more books like this by Mr. Martin Kemp add to wishlist Considers the business of picture-making in the Renaissance. In particular, the text discusses the role of the artist and the functions of works of art in relation to their various kinds of audience. see all copies from $35.00! new only from $40.88! \| first editions
19 view cover	Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now more books like this by Marina Wallace, Mr. Martin Kemp, Joanne Bernstein add to wishlist Seduced is a provocative and ambitious survey of representations of sex across cultures from ancient times to the modern day, featuring such diverse work as Roman marbles. Japanese woodcuts, Indian manuscripts, Baroque paintings, nineteenth-century photographs and contemporary videos. This fascinating book reveals how art with a sexual content has ... see all copies from $19.95! new only from $27.50! \| first editions \| SVS
20	Leonardo Da Vinci: The Marvelous Works of Nature and Man more books like this by Mr. Martin Kemp add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00! first editions
21	The Hornbills: Bucerotiformes more books like this by Alan Kemp, Martin W. Woodcock (Illustrator) add to wishlist Bird Families of the World is a new multivolume series of handbooks, intended to serve the interests of both the professional scientist and the ever-growing body of amateur ornithologists. Each volume will provide a comprehensive and accurate synthesis of our knowledge of one bird family or several related families. In each book the reader will ... see all copies from $262.49! new only from $965.00!
22 view cover	Stephen Von Huene 1962-2000: Drawings--Paintings--Sculptures Monograph with Catalogue Raisonne more books like this by Christoph Brockhaus, Martin Warnke, W Kemp add to wishlist The essays and catalogue raisonne in this monograph present Stephen von Huene's oeuvre in its multi-mediality and infinite diversity of sources and manifestations. Two early cycles of drawings, which have only recently been found in the U.S. and in Germany, are published here for the first time, as well as material collage paintings and surreal ... see all copies from $23.30! new only from $40.00!
23 view cover	The Nature Book of Art and Science more books like this by Mr. Martin Kemp add to wishlist Martin Kemp is the author of the widely acclaimed weekly pages "Art and Science" and "Science and Image" which have been appearing in Nature since 1997. In this visually stunning book, he brings together these fascinating articles discussing the interactions between the visual arts and science. A lively introduction describes Kemp's novel approach ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $105.17! \| first editions
24	Leonardo Da Vinci: Exhibition Catalogue more books like this by Mr. Martin Kemp, Professor E H Gombrich (Designer), Philip Stedman add to wishlist see all copies from $11.45! first editions
25 view cover	Spectacular Bodies more books like this by Mr. Martin Kemp, Marina Wallace add to wishlist Coinciding with an exhibition of the same name at the Hayward Gallery in London, this book brings together more than 240 objects from more than 80 medical and art museums and collections worldwide to present the art and science of the human body in a new perspective. 100 color, 60 b&w illustrations. see all copies from $18.28! new only from $160.00!

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