:00-6:30 T BH 345

Authorization Required
Satisfies COAS Intensive Writing & AHLA

Requires registration in COAS W333

This course will center on Leonardo's written and visual works. It
will deal with painting, architecture, and scientific inventions,
which shall constitute the centerpiece of discussions on classicism,
baroque, and renaissance. Also, some of his drawings will be linked to
developments in such fields as anatomy, anthropology, and geology. His
flying machines will lead us into myth, namely Icarus and Daedalus.
His technological drawings will take up urban planning, military
machines, practical inventions, and the whole issue of the "breaking
of the cycle." Also, some time will be devoted to the unrelenting
interest that such a figure has exercised on Freud, Pater, and Valery.
A study of Michelangelo's sculpture vis-a-vis ancient and modern
counterparts; a study of his poetry in the context of his own work as
well as of Renaissance literature. Discussions of the political and
philosophical symbolism of his work. Final comparison-contrast with
Leonardo.