Lesson Three - The Renaissance Man
- 2. "I don't buy the notion that the world is organized the way universities and companies are. Ideas don't know what discipline they're in. We might kidnap them and say, 'That's a marketing idea' or 'That's an social studies idea.' But if you walked up to an idea on the street, it wouldn't know about that."– Gerald Zaltman, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard, personal communication, October 2003.
- 3. Renaissance ManRenaissance periodLeonardo daVinciMichelangelo and RaphaelPetrarch, Erasmus, Pico della MirandolaWhy were there so many Renaissance men during the Renaissance?Lack of boundaries between disciplinesKnowledge was just knowledge
- 5. Legacy17 paintingsNotebooksDrawings of unfinished worksDiverted rivers to prevent floodingPrinciples of turbineCartographySubmarineFlying machineParachute…And much more….
- 6. Leonardo da VinciFirst Italian artist to use oil paintsMona LisaThe Last SupperThe Virgin of the RocksReligious matter in secular and humanized fashion
- 7. MilanLast SupperUsed new fresco methodBuilt into the room's endLight from the side with the windowDoor cut belowDuring WWII a bomb hit the monasteryDestroyed by erosion
- 8. PaintingThe greatness of the Mona LisaWhat do you see?
- 9. DrawingCodedRead R L with a mirrorScientific illustrationUsed science to support art
- 10. Military
- 11. Aeronautics
- 12. Anatomy
- 13. TechnologyMachinesHydraulicsVehicles on landArchitectureScientific methodThose sciences are vain and filled with errors which are not borne of experiment, the mother of all certainty.” - Leonardo Da Vinci
- 14. Look at the following rectangles: 1 2 3 Which of these seems to be the most naturally attractive? Which do you like best? Why?
- 15. Leonardo Da Vinci: MathematicianLeonardo's famous Mona Lisa reflects the artist’s use of the Golden Section. * The rectangle around her face represents a Golden rectangle. * If you subdivide the rectangle at the eyes the vertical side of the rectangle is divided by the golden ratio.Click To See!
- 17. The Last Supper (1498)
- 20. Leonardo’s Environment and Possible MotivationsEarning a living (profit)Rivalry with other artistsScientific curiosityCivic duty