Professor Martin Kemp FBA

Now full-time writing, speaking and broadcasting on art and science, especially Leonardo da Vinci.

Elected 1991

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 1991
Sections: History of Art and Music
Website: http://www.martinjkemp.com

Professor Kemp's most recent books are Art in History (Profile Books, 2014), Mona Lisa with Giuseppe Pallanti (Oxford University Press, 2017) and Living with Leonardo (Thames and Hudson, 2018). In 2019, his five books on Leonardo will include a co-authored monograph on Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi (Oxford University Press).

Current post

Emeritus Professor of the History of Art, University of Oxford; Honorary Fellow, Trinity College, Oxford;

Past appointments

University of Oxford Emeritus Professor of the History of Art

2008 -

University of Oxford Professor of the History of Art

1995 - 2008

University of St Andrews Professor of the History and Theory of Art

1981 - 1985

University of Glasgow Lecturer

1966 - 1981

Publications

Living with Leonardo

Martin Kemp - Published in 2018

Mona Lisa

Martin Kemp; Giuseppe Pallanti - Published in 2017

Art in History

Martin Kemp - Published in 2015

Structural Intuitions: Seeing Shapes in Art and Science

Martin Kemp - Published in 2015

Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon

Martin Kemp - Published in 2011

Visualizations: the nature book of art and science

Martin Kemp - Published in 2000

The Human Animal in Western Art and Science

Martin Kemp - Published in 2000

Seen / Unseen

Martin Kemp - Published in 2000

The science of art: optical themes in Western art from Brunelleschi to Seurat

Martin Kemp - Published in 1989

Leonardo da Vinci: the marvellous works of nature and man

Martin Kemp - Published in 1981

Related Fellows

Professor Jonathan Alexander FBA

History of Art

Dame Jessica Rawson FBA

Oriental and African Studies; East Asia, China

Sir Christopher White FBA

History of Art

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Professor Martin Kemp FBA

Current post

Emeritus Professor of the History of Art, University of Oxford; Honorary Fellow, Trinity College, Oxford;

Past appointments

University of Oxford Emeritus Professor of the History of Art

2008 -

University of Oxford Professor of the History of Art

1995 - 2008