Mulberry Trees and Textile Machines: Leonardo da Vinci and Ludovico Sforza’s Automated Textile Mill Presentation uri icon

Description

  • I examine Leonardo da Vinci’s designs for textile machines and propose that they were, contrary to extant opinion, serious undertakings that played a role in developing the identity and furthering the political and economic machinations of his patron, the illegitimate duke Ludovico ‘il Moro’ Sforza.

Date/time Interval

  • 2023-03-01 - 2023-03-31