Renaissance Italy in the Time of Leonardo da Vinci

[@Eris123451]

Thank you that was an clear and excellent exposition on a fascinating subject, even though Renaissance politics still drives everyone round the bend.

[@galawhites5499]

Leonardo il genio assoluto, Michelangelo il Divino, Raffaello Sanzio perfezione e delicatezza, Brunelleschi il genio della cupola .....e..........e.............. Divina Italia, terra di Bellezza infinita

[@barbarajohnson1442]

Great, inspiring, informative, and thanks John Garton, for reminding people of the dangers to our cultural life, posed by political leaders, aaaah the artists survival amongst the politicians.... the razors edge they walk

[@xavisanchez7522]

One day he will apologise and make another conference much according with the reality of the events that happened in that time.

[@kiwikevnz]

Thru this doco and the wocomoHistory 5 part series on Leonardo on youtube I have learnt so much, and to answer xavi's question below, in which academy did Leonardo learn his knowledge, the answer I learned was Nature, as he was turned down from enrolling in the famous informal Platonic Academy because he was thought to be illiterate, which of course he objected to. And from that point in his young life after he had left his first painting teacher Verrochio, never went to a formal school, but chose to use only his searching mind, Nature and the beauty and structures of the natural world as his teacher. After seeing just a very small glimpse of his vast works on such a multitude of subjects and the exquisite, expertly executed detailed drawings, paintings and writings in which he conveyed to us the knowledge of what he learned, I can only feel that he made the best decision of his life, free from personal and political teaching biases, just the purity, functioning, and most important to him personally as he wrote, the "un-corrupted, truthful beauty of nature." Thanks for a great talk. Cheers Kev

[@OuterHeaven210]

Thanks for skipping the introduction. I’ve heard intros that last like 7 minutes. I don’t get why someone would talk seven minutes when the lecturer can just say “hello I’m gonna talk about “x”

[@vincegratzer1465]

Well, I for one enjoy the introductions. If we don't know the speaker, it gives us a bit of background for him/her and their field of expertise. By the way, there is function called Fast Forward.

[@xavisanchez7522]

Question for scholars: In which academy leonardo learned architecture, medecine, painting, mathematics, philosophy,politics,etc? And which was this intention to give to him so much education,if he wouldn’t be ruling any territory? Because back in the day, education was only for the ruling class( latin was the ruler language) and if somewhere else tried to get educated and not part of royal family,they will be beheaded because it was forbidden!

[@bobms7780]

He was an illegitimate son so he had the ability to pursue any field. And all he education was self taught I believe.

[@xavisanchez7522]

Machiavello explains in his book the way of ruling of Ferdinand 2 and how he managed to rule their kingdom despite all odds, How he was selling his family and how he change his surname of trastamara and antequera for Darragon or Arragon surname , to give them credibility and validation to rule

[@xavisanchez7522]

Which was the king of “ spain” in 1494 if the first official king of spain was a savoian heir in 1820?

[@loveee773]

Anlayamıyorum Türkçe dublajlı var mı aynısının?

[@xavisanchez7522]

Ludovico Sforza= Lluis Fortià, noble banker that migrate to Naples then took over Milan( st george cross, barcelona cross)

[@xavisanchez7522]

Nerocci Albert, uncle of Leo baptista, they were catalan speakers , like Borja pope and all naples ans sicily rulers in that time

[@loveee773]

Türkçe dublajlı olanı var mı aynısının

[@markboffa5545]

Was surprised to hear Jeff Session's name, it's crazy seeing him talked about outside of a Trump context. Unsurprisingly, however, he doesn't redeem himself in any way here. Great lecture, I'll have to watch it over again, therew as a lot of good information in there.

[@yohei72]

Yeah, I was glad to hear that unabashed criticism at the end, though not glad to hear the story. Sessions has been a notorious scumbag for decades. He's most famous for his neo-confederate racism, but Garton's story here is a fine example of the sneering contempt for learning and culture that's standard among the populist right, and of the D.C. bureaucracy's jelly-spined attitude of subservience to it.

[@justinrobinson9583]

30 dissections'. wow.

[@Johnconno]

Leonardo came from outer space.

[@Atelier-KaRo]

He really was born too early. His abilities were even to superior for our time. Who knows what he would have done in our time! If you like art you might also like the art of Joe Brockerhoff. After a series of persian poetry I've started with a series of paintings of him to be presented fortnightly on my page. The first one is already online. Let me know if you liked it. 🥂 P.S.: English subtitle is available! 😊

[@Eris123451]

Different Leonardo.

[@johnkincaid9896]

In nature nothing is lacking... lol! It's either a musical intro and or boring narrative about the lecture... I hate the uplifting over volumed musical intro- it reminds of the days when answering machines were in use, by the time the beep came, you missed the bus.

[@teeniebeenie8774]

after one has heard Martin Kemp speak on leonardo, all others pale...

[@teeniebeenie8774]

i greatly enjoyed this mans lecture tho, good prescence and voice

[@xavisanchez7522]

Leon baptiste alberti = Rafael Alberti

[@halukcay8852]

📚 “Path of Illumination” Neither space nor time is sufficient to describe the brilliant achievements of the Ionian school of natural science. People think that once freed from their chains with such enlightenment, human beings no longer deviate from the path of critical reason shown by this enlightenment. Unfortunately, the reality is the opposite. In the 5th century BC, Socrates in Athens and Pythagoras and Parmenides in Southern Italy, called “Great Hellas,” rebelled against the inevitable results of Ionian natural science. In particular, they were frightened by the Ionians' thesis that precise knowledge was impossible and that every knowledge was open to improvement at any moment. They were after “accurate, indisputable, correct information.” Pythagoras taught that precision in numbers was a guarantee of the accuracy of knowledge. However, the discovery of irrational numbers such as the square root of 2 caused great embarrassment in the school of Pythagoras, which was organized as a religious sect, and it was decided to keep this discovery a secret. It is said that poor Hippasus, who leaked this secret out of the sect, was drowned in the sea by other sect members. Parmenides said that his words got their power from the Goddess Dike, while Socrates taught that the immortal soul would find God, and that the good man was the man who most resembled God. Heraclitus from the Ionians, on the other hand, described Pythagoras as a charlatan. The teaching of Socrates is the most misunderstood system of thought in the entire history of philosophy. Socrates' Defense and Euthyphro are actually a method used to impose certain moral standards on the individual. The great philosopher Bertrand Russell described Socrates' stance as “the greatest betrayal of truth.” Indeed, Plato, the student of Socrates, established the first totalitarian state philosophy in Europe, and his student Aristotle placed an indisputable passion for truth in scientific thought. Later, Christianity came to Europe, and throughout the Middle Ages the people of Europe were condemned to the deepest ignorance and the most terrible tortures. It took a thousand years for Europe to wake up from this terrible nightmare. The infiltration of Hellenic science, which was preserved and developed by the Muslim world, to Europe through Spain, Sicily and Trabzon-Istanbul lines for 500 years, and the fact that the Italian Republics such as Genoa and Venice were rich in trade, started the Renaissance, that is, the Rebirth. The great geographical discoveries that developed with the Renaissance laid the foundation of the Galilean environment, which revived the spirit of Ionia in Europe. The most important factor that enabled the rapid development of critical thinking in Europe was the prevalence of individual freedom. While the Ottomans did not allow the printing press to enter their country, 20 million books were printed between 1450 and 1500 in Europe, whose entire population was then only 60 million!

[@nomoremrniceguy368]

Milawwwwn.

[@luisbito8391]

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