Disegno: From Virgil to Vietnam

by Beth L. Holman and Cooper-Hewitt

The beginnings of modern design occurred in Renaissance Italy, which first fostered the concept that all the arts are based on universal principles of design. As the medieval separation of crafts broke down, Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects created designs in a variety of media to be carried out by others. With the separation of design from actual execution, drawing became the critical means of communicating between artist and artisan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0910503613
• ISBN13: 9780910503617
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smiths
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 10.9"