Martin Kemp

Emeritus Professor of the History of Art Martin Kemp

Explores the life and work of artist, engineer, inventor, scientist, and Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci, looking at the historical figure as well as the ideas underlying his investigations of nature. 30,000 first printing.

Leonardo Da Vinci

Marina Wallace

"Illustrated and with essays by Martin Kemp, Spectacular Bodies reveals a new way of seeing ourselves."--BOOK JACKET.

The Art and Science of the Human Body from Leonardo to Now

Spectacular Bodies

British Academy Wolfson Research Professor Department of the History of Art Martin Kemp

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.

Art and Evidence in the Italian Renaissance

Behind the Picture

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 Leonardo, Durer, and the inventors of photography to contemporary sculptors, and from Galileo and Darwin to Stephen J. Gould, Kemp considers the way in which scientists and artists have perceived the world and responded to its patterns, and sees common structural intuitions reflected in their work.

Emeritus Professor of the History of Art Martin Kemp

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