Andy Warhol, The Last Supper, 1986, Private Collection. Collezione Creval
Pre-recorded Lecture: Homo bene figuratus v. Vitruvian Man
Readings:
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- Giorgio Vasari’s Life of Leonardo da Vinci
- Jean-Pierre Isbouts and Christopher Heath Brown. The Da Vinci Legacy. How an Elusive 16th-century Artist Became a Global Pop Icon.
- Trevor Fairbrother. (1997) “The Ongoing Saga of Leonardo’s Legend,” in Leonardo lives: the Codex Leicester and Leonardo da Vinci’s legacy of art and science
Recommended:
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- Cammy Brothers. “What Drawings Did in Renaissance Italy”
Links to the Readings:Vasari. Life of Leonardo da Vinci; The Da Vinci Legacy; Fairbrother. Leonardo’s Legend; Brothers. Drawings in Renaissance Italy
Asynchronous Assignment: No Assignment this Week
Synchronous Discussion:
- Vitruvius post 1500
- Leonardo’s Impact on the homo bene figuratus
- The Legacy of Leonardo
- Vasari’s Life of Leonardo: Leonardo and the Birth of Modernity
- Leonardo as Pop Icon