Sold Out – Claire Farago | Leonardo, Drawing & Discovery

How does the Codex Leicester fit into a lifetime of creative and intellectual pursuits? Hear Leonardo da Vinci scholar Claire Farago discuss the Codex Leicester in the context of the artist’s profuse and varied drawing practices—from preparatory drawings for his famous paintings to his anatomical studies and mechanical drawings.

Claire Farago, PhD, is a professor of Renaissance art, theory, and criticism at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Published widely on art theory and historiography, she is a specialist on the manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci. She is currently completing a modern critical edition of Leonardo da Vinci’s Treatise on Painting, originally published in 1651.

$10; $5 MIA members, free to Prints & Drawings Affinity Group members. To register, call (612) 870-6323 or reserve online.

Overflow seating in the Wells Fargo Community Room. Free, unticketed open seating.