Icons: Magnets of Meaning by Aaron Betsky installation art journalist Monica Maristain discovered a

journalist Monica Maristain discovered a writer “capable of befriending his readers

this volume presents ninety of the finest of these astonishing documents—the largest publication of Leonardo's anatomical drawings to date—accompanied by an informative discussion of their anatomical content and their significance in Leonardo's pioneering work

is known for taking elements from the visual language of advertising and commercial art: he has made hundreds of 'word' prints

and Rodney Werden alongside archival documents

Ottawa: Extension Services of the National Gallery of Canada

Icons: Magnets of Meaning by Aaron Betsky installation art journalist Monica Maristain discovered aIcons: Magnets of Meaning Edited by Aaron Betsky Contributions by Steven Flusty, Chee Pearlman & David E. Nye 8vo. pp. 272. profusely illustrated in colour & b w. hardcover (near fine). San Francisco: Chronicle Books, [1997]. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. ISBN 10: 0811818578 ISBN 13: 9780811818575 ________________________________________________________________________________________________