Kemp has written many books about Leonardo da Vinci, his first of which, Leonardo da Vinci. The Marvellous Works of Nature and Man in 1981, won the Mitchell Prize in art history for best first book. [13] He has published on imagery in the sciences of anatomy, natural history and optics, including The Science of Art: Optical Themes in Western Art from Brunelleschi to Seurat ( Yale University Press). The art theorist and psychologist Rudolf Arnheim said that The Science of Art "may deserve to be called the definitive treatise on its topic" though its detail may make it difficult reading for non-specialists. [14] Kemp’s role was “mediator”, he says. “If there were arguments, me and Gary could go into a room, argue it out. Even to the point where we used to have proper fist fights. Because the pressure of the whole thing was too much.” Leonardo Da Vinci: The Marvellous Works of Nature and Man. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-920778-7. a b "Professor Martin John Kemp". dow.cam.ac.uk. University of Cambridge. July 2016 . Retrieved 16 August 2020.

Kemp, Martin J., and Cotte, Pascal (2012). La bella principessa di Leonardo da Vinci. Ritratto di Bianca Sforza. Firenze: Mandragora. ISBN 978-88-7461-173-7Arnheim, Rudolf (1991). "The Science of Art: Optical Themes in Western Art From Brunelleschi to Seurat by Martin Kemp (review)". Leonardo. 24 (1): 92–93. doi: 10.2307/1575491. ISSN 1530-9282. JSTOR 1575491. S2CID 191517909. Kemp thinks he gets his approach from his own father, a printer, who was encouraging and nonjudgmental. In the early Spandau days, when Kemp was heading for the front door in a crimplene dress and makeup, he would call out: “Goodnight!” hoping to provoke his dad’s disapproval. But his dad would only glance up from his chair and say: “Have you got your keys?”

Christ to COKE: How Image Becomes Icon. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-161704-1. OCLC 763156933. Kinsella, Eileen (12 June 2019). "Debunking This Picture Became Fashionable': Leonardo da Vinci Scholar Martin Kemp on What the Public Doesn't Get About 'Salvator Mundi". artnet. Artnet Worldwide Corporation . Retrieved 16 August 2020. Professor Kemp's library of Leonardo da Vinci books and ephemera is on long-term loan to the Faculty of History. This rare collection further contributes to the unique resources available to research students at Oxford. Besides, they all get on too well. On Gogglebox, “you see me and Roman absolutely how we have been since he was a kid”, Kemp says. Years ago, he and Shirlie discussed their parenting philosophy and agreed “to bring Harley and Roman up as if they were mates”. Vasari, Giorgio (2019). The Life of Leonardo da Vinci. Translated by Kemp, Martin; Russell, Lucy Emma Victoria. New York: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-23985-8. OCLC 1079261129.

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At Christie’s for the launch of a George Michael art sale in 2019 … from left: Kemp, Harley, Shirlie and Roman. Photograph: Mike Marsland/WireImage Kemp, Martin (1990). The Science of Art: Optical Themes in Western Art from Brunelleschi to Seurat. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-04337-2. OCLC 18832748. reprinted with revisions in 1992. Oh, it was “the most disappointing thing!” Kemp says. “I wanted my dad to say: ‘You can’t go out like that!’” But he never did. “Not once.”

Living with Leonardo: Fifty Years of Sanity and Insanity in the Art World and Beyond. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-23956-8. OCLC 1029249747.Leonardo da Vinci: The 100 Milestones. New York: Sterling. ISBN 978-1-4549-304-26. OCLC 1099590992. [30] You can see why the idea of self-renewal appealed, because on top of the health worries, being unable to work plunged his family – by then he and his wife, Shirlie, had two young children – into financial difficulty. No wonder that in 1998 when he was offered the part of Steve Owen in EastEnders, he jumped at it. The relationship with his brother has clearly been defining, loving and sometimes challenging. All the stresses and tensions of life in a five-man band seem to have been pressed through the funnel of the Kemps’ brotherhood. “It was always his band,” Kemp says. “We gave the impression that it was a joint democracy. But it wasn’t.” (The three non-sibling members would later sue Gary unsuccessfully for a share of the songwriting royalties.) Riding, Alan (5 October 2006). "Leonardo: A master of lateral thinking – Arts & Leisure – International Herald Tribune". New York Times . Retrieved 16 August 2020. Tony is lovely,” he says. “He is a lovely man. I will always, always love him, in the same way I love all the rest of the band. But you drift apart, don’t you?”