2 Audley Square
London W1K 1DB
Established in 1994, The Course offers Art History, Music, Opera and Literature Lectures.
We have all heard of the great master of the Renaissance – Leonardo da Vinci. Speculation regarding the true life and meaning of his work has been rife for centuries. Books such as the Da Vinci Code and many others only serve to confirm and equally to confuse us. So how much do we really know? How did he become such a great artist, how famous was he in his own lifetime, was he rich and where and how did he learn his craft? This series of lectures will give you an insight into the life of this great artist; charting the beginnings of his career, the highs and the lows, and finding out just how and why he became the ultimate and universal genius we now regard him.
His Legacy, School, Influences And Followers
In our final session, we consider artists such as Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (about 1467 – 1516) and Francesco Melzi (1493 – 1570) with whom Leonardo worked and trained and compare their works with those of the Master. We will also look at his followers such as Antonio Allegri (active 1494 – 1534), known as Correggio. What did they learn and what can we learn from these works? We will examine the misattributions surrounding Leonardo’s collaborators and finally the current obsession with Leonardo culminating in the sale of the Salvator Mundi.