Steadman's volume focuses on his assertion that Vermeer made his paintings with the help of a camera obscura, and in making the argument, he also sheds light on the world of the paintings and the time in which they were created.
American Cities and Technology is designed to be used on its own, or as a companion volume to the accompanying American Cities and Technology Reader . Chronologically, this volume ranges from 1790, when the first US census reported 5 per cent of the population living in urban areas, to 1990, when 75 per cent of the American population lived in ...
This book tells the history of the many analogies that have been made between the evolution of organisms and the human production of artefacts, especially buildings. It examines the effects of these analogies on architectural and design theory and considers how recent biological thinking has relevance for design. Architects and designers have ...
This book tells the history of the many analogies that have been made between the evolution of organisms and the human production of artefacts, especially buildings. It examines the effects of these analogies on architectural and design theory and considers how recent biological thinking has relevance for design. Architects and designers have ...
The emphasis throughout this treatment of computer-aided design is on fundamental principles. Consequently, the book focuses on the ways in which various tasks and procedures in design can be formalized, on the ways in which geometrical and other properties of designed objects may be represented, and on the significance of computer aids for the ...
The purpose of this report is to give the reader, whether a member of the public or of the profession, an easily understood assessment of the likely effect on the built environment of nuclear disasters arising either from a nuclear accident or a nuclear attack. Matters related to nuclear developments, whether for civil or military use, are ...
Binding: Cloth, d.j.
Publisher: University of Arizona Art Gallery
Date Published: 1966
Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 10.25" x 8.75" D.j. rubbed with small tears on front outer corners (in brodart). 128 pages. Numerous color and black & white photographs. Catalogue of an exhibition. read more
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