Overview
Parallel to Kemp's interest in contemporary science, one of his most consistent themes is the historical exploration of the possibilities of perceived and represented structures and patterns as organisational imperatives in nature and cognition. Structures in the context of Kemp's writing not only relate to the privileged observation sites of modern science but also act as instruments for an art history of contextually examined yet philosophically approached continuities.
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Author: Assimina Kaniari ,
Marina Wallace
Publisher: Zidane Press
Imprint: Zidane Press
Weight: 0.410kg
ISBN: 9780955485084
ISBN 10: 0955485088
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 08 September 2009
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Format: Paperback
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An important contribution to serious thinking about the nature of vision, of art and of man's perception of the Universe and man's place in it.
Author Information
Asimina Kaniari / Assimina Kaniari D.Phil Oxford, Assistant Professor in Art History, Athens School of Fine Arts assimina.kaniari@gmail.com(link sends e-mail) I received my doctorate under Martin Kemp from the Department of Art History, University of Oxford on 19th century overlaps between decorative aesthetics and scientific drawing with an emphasis on the early depiction of Palaeolithic art as a geo-technological entanglement. Assistant Professor in Art History at the Athens School of Fine Arts in Greece where I have taught art history and theory to artists and art history. She was co-Director, with Professor Martin Kemp, of the Universal Leonardo project (2001-2008). She was also on the editorial board of the British Medical Journal Humanities (BMJH), a member of the Scientific Committee of the contemporary art space Hangar Bicocca in Milan, on the advisory Board of the American Museum of Women in the Arts Washington (AMWAW) and of the Gwangiu Design Biennale. She is currently one of twelve principal investigators in a EU FP7 Research Project, MitoSys. Martin John Kemp FBA (born 5 March 1942) is a British art historian and exhibition curator who is one of the world's leading authorities on the life and works of Leonardo da Vinci.[1][2] The author of many books on Leonardo, Kemp has also written about visualisation in art and science, particularly anatomy, natural sciences and optics. Instrumental in the authentication of Salvator Mundi to Leonardo, Kemp has been vocal on attributions to Leonardo, including support of La Bella Principessa and opposition of the Isleworth Mona Lisa. Since 2008, he has been emeritus professor of art history at
