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Seen Unseen: Art, Science, and Intuition from Leonardo to the Hubble Telescope (Hardcover)by Martin Kemp (Author) Key Phrases: structural intuitions, romantic science, perspectival representation, Martin Kemp, New York, Temple of Flora (more...) Editorial Reviews From BooklistIn Seen/Unseen, Kemp engages in some Leonardo da Vinci-like lateral thinking, tracking the parallel and often complementary ways in which artists and scientists have visualized the world from the fifteenth century to the present. Kemp connects the dots between, say, perspective in Renaissance painting to the three-dimensional computer models of today. Kemp's explications require the reader's close concentration as they illuminate not only painting, sculpture, photography, and satellite imaging but also anatomy, astronomy, particle physics, and advanced mathematics. This does not make for light reading, but the rewards are substantial. Kevin NanceCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved ReviewThere is much to treasure here. Those...looking for a handsome and beguiling study of different ways, scientific or artistic, in which we can mirror nature, will find much to enjoy. Charlie Gere, TLS This is a major book on an important theme...Seen/Unseen is massively well-informed. Piers Bizony, BBC Focus Dive in: the swim is bound to be rewarding... This is a mature book written by a scholar who has meditated for decades on the false dichotomy between scientific and artistic representations of nature. Bart Kahr, Nature What emerges from this multi-faceted closely argued tour de force is a conviction that the real excitement begins where the knowledge breaks down: in the visual institutions that give us the freedom and insight to "feel our way into the unknown". It is a tantalising conclusion to an exhilarating ride. Ariane Bankes, Financial Times