Leonardo As Artist, Scientist, Engineer

Students find Leonardo’s complex persona and the richness of his artistic and scientific inquiry vital for understanding Leonardo, ingegnere (the engineer). Taking his life and work as its domain, Leonardo as Artist, Scientist, Engineer develops the following skills in its range: discovery, discussion, identifying a monograph’s major points, building a scaffold of knowledge, individual research, and creative conveyance of information. It further addresses the timehonored trio of reading, writing, and arithmetic (or Italian high finance: how many silverpoint pencils can you buy for 120 soldi? and why should you care!).