Tools of the imagination :drawing tools and technologies from the eighteenth century to the present
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New York
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Princeton Architectural Press
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c2007
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xi, 124 p. : ill. )some col.( ; 25 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 120-121(
CONTENTS NOTE
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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