When:
November 7, 2019 @ 10:45 am – 12:45 pm
2019-11-07T10:45:00+00:00
2019-11-07T12:45:00+00:00
Where:
The Course at the University Women's Club
2 Audley Square
London W1K 1DB
2 Audley Square
London W1K 1DB
Cost:
£59.00
Contact:
Started in 1994, The Course offers Art History, Literature, Music and Opera 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.
Drawing Becomes Art
The emergence of drawing as an art form has always been hard to pinpoint. In this lecture, we will look at Leonardo’s drawings and examine how and why this art form might be attributed to him. We will also look at the Burlington Cartoon in London’s National Gallery, its life, history and production, and ask why this unfinished work has been seen as the earliest example of drawing as art and why it holds such a special place in the Gallery’s collection.