Martin Kemp (1) (1942–)
Author of Leonardo
For other authors named Martin Kemp, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Martin Kemp is professor of the history of art at Oxford University. (Bowker Author Biography)
Image credit: Martin J. Kemp Official Website
Works by Martin Kemp
The Science of Art: Optical Themes in Western Art from Brunelleschi to Seurat (1990) 159 copies, 1 review
Living with Leonardo: Fifty Years of Sanity and Insanity in the Art World and Beyond (2018) 54 copies
Leonardo da Vinci : Hayward Gallery, London : 26 January to 16 April 1989 (1989) — Author — 36 copies
Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester: A New Edition Volume II: Interpretative Essays And The History Of The Codex Leicester (2019) 4 copies
Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester: A New Edition: Volume III: Transcription And Translation (2019) 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Kemp, Martin
- Legal name
- Kemp, Martin John
- Birthdate
- 1942-03-05
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Downing College, University of Cambridge (BA|1963)
Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London (MA|1965) - Occupations
- professor (History of Art)
editor
author
art historian - Organizations
- University of Oxford (Professor of the History of Art ∙ 1995-2007)
University of Glasgow
University of St Andrews - Awards and honors
- British Academy (Fellow, 1991)
Royal Society of Arts (Fellow, 1983)
Royal Society of Edinburgh (Fellow, 1992)
Armand Hammer Prize (1992)
Royal Society of Sciences (Fellow, 1995) - Short biography
- Martin Kemp, Emeritus Professor in the History of Art, University of Oxford,Domenico Laurenza, Independent Scholar
Martin Kemp is Emeritus Research Professor in the History of Art at Oxford University. He has written and broadcast extensively on imagery in art and science from the Renaissance to the present. He speaks on issues of visualisation and lateral thinking. His most recent book is Mona Lisa: The People and the Painting, with Giuseppe Pallanti (2017). - Nationality
- UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- UK
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Reviews
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- Works
- 38
- Also by
- 4
- Members
- 1,470
- Popularity
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- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 116
- Languages
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