#  Diagrammatic reasoning for early modern artist/engineers, with particular attention to Leonardo da Vinci 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **February 8, 2023** 

 05:15PM - 05:15PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Barker Center, Room 133**  



 

 



 

##  [DIAGRAMS ACROSS DISCIPLINES: HISTORY, THEORY, PRACTICE](/diagrams-across-disciplines-history-theory-practice)

##  [HISTORY OF THE BOOK](/history-book)

##  SPEAKER: Matthew Landrus, Wolfson College and the Faculty of History, University of Oxford

 For the mechanical and pictorial arts in early modern Italy, diagrams and proportional calculations assisted with a number of ‘inventions’, applying Euclidian principles and natural laws to practical problems. This talk will address improvements in diagrammatic reasoning for Leonardo da Vinci and his contemporaries, particularly with regard to systematic uses of Euclidian examples and proportion theories for mechanical and pictorial innovations.

###  About the Speaker

 Dr Matthew Landrus is Supernumerary Fellow at Wolfson College and the Faculty of History, University of Oxford, where he teaches early modern history. He is also a Senior Lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design. His publications address engagements between early modern visual culture, natural philosophy, engineering and technology, as well as the work of Leonardo da Vinci, in *The Treasures of Leonardo* (2006), *Leonardo da Vinci’s Giant Crossbow* (2010), *Le Armi e le Macchine da Guerra: il de re Militari di Leonardo* (2010), and *Instruments and Mechanisms: Leonardo and the Art of Engineering* (2013).

 This event is co-sponsored by the History of the Book Seminar.



 

 



 

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- [ History of the Book ](/seminars/history-book)
 
 

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