Professors
TA
Kevin Klinkel
M: 9:00-9:50
T/Th: 9:00 - 10:50
DLC 1B 14
Links
Flickr stream for this course (grab photos here)
Local resources for project materials
Leonardo and the Renaissance Engineers
Text
Martin Kemp, Leonardo,
Oxford University Press, 2004.
This course is taught in collaboration with Prof. Diane Sieber’s HUEN 2843: Leonardo da Vinci and his World.
In this section of GEEN 1400, we study the engineering genius of Leonardo da Vinci. We will explore Leonardo’s amazing notebooks, and discuss some of his brilliant (and often far-seeing) ideas about machines and their design. The project assignments in this course will be to create working devices that illustrate or highlight Leonardo’s ideas, and to capture -- as best we can -- the aesthetic and functional qualities of da Vinci’s work.
About the course
Grade distribution:
10% Sketchbook
10% Participation and Short Assignments
35% Project 1
45% Project 2
