Art, Science & Technology

From Filippo Brunelleschi's first perspective experiments to Leonardo da Vinci's prolonged study of human anatomy and optics, Renaissance artists exhibited unprecedented interest in the scientific nature of light, color, space, and form as they affected artistic creativity. At no other time in history were technology, science and art so closely interconnected. Discussion will focus on the achievement of Italian artists of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries as they attempted to translate their new scientific understanding of the world.