A conversation on flow and force in Leonardo da Vinci
04 June 2019, 3:00 pm–3:45 pm
Join Alison Wright (UCL History of Art) in conversation with Dr Martin Clayton, Head of Prints and Drawings for the Royal Collection Trust, Windsor Castle, on the eve of the British Library exhibition 'Leonardo da Vinci: A Mind in Motion'.
Event Information
Open to
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Organiser
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Festival of Culture Team
Location
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British Library Piazza Pavilion96 Euston RoadLondonNW1 2DB
On this 500th anniversary of the artist's death, they consider how and why effects of flow, force and turbulence, which Leonardo studied in pioneering analyses of fluid dynamics, are present in his art. What do his unprecedented descriptions of fleeting phenomena and imagining of natural disaster enable us to see?
Martin Clayton is an expert on Leonardo da Vinci and organiser of Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing, the 12 nationwide exhibitions of his drawings from the Royal Collection which opened in February 2019.
Alison Wright is Professor of Italian Art c. 1300-1550 with a special interest in fifteenth-century Florentine art and design.
Image: © Leonardo da Vinci. 'A Deluge'. Drawing. Windsor, Royal Library, 12380
Part of UCL Festival of Culture
About the Speakers
Alison Wright
Professor in Italian Art c. 1300-1550 at UCL History of Art
More about Alison WrightMartin Clayton
Head of Prints and Drawings at Royal Collection Trust, Windsor Castle