BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250810T073515EDT-8293BUi86K@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250810T113515Z DESCRIPTION:Leonardo Against Nature Leonardo da Vinci’s investigations of nature led him to reflect on the “counter-natural\,” a category revived fr om antiquity that identified art with violence. This paper will examine Le onardo's redefinition of thecounter-natural\, looking both at his sources and at the significance of his thinking for the understanding of painting ca. 1500. Michael ColeProfessor\, Department of Art History and Archaeo logy\, Columbia University Michael Cole is a leading expert on European a rt of the fifteenththrough eighteenth centuries\, with a specialization in early modernItaly.  His recent books and articles have focused on sculptu re andurbanism in Rome and Florence\, on Renaissance magic and demonology\ , andon experimental etching. In 2009-2010\, he was Robert Sterling ClarkV isiting Professor at Williams College. His book publications include:Ambit ious Form: Giambologna\, Ammanati\, and Danti in Florence (PrincetonUniver sity Press\, 2011)\; Italian Renaissance Art (with Stephen Campbell)(Thame s & Hudson\, 2011)\; The Early Modern Painter-Etcher (editor) (PennState P ress\, 2006)\; Inventions of the Studio\, Renaissance to Romanticism(co-ed ited with Mary Pardo) (University of North Carolina Press\, 2004)\;and Cel lini and the Principles of Sculpture (London and New York:Cambridge Univer sity Press\, 2004) DTSTART:20130926T213000Z DTEND:20130926T213000Z LOCATION:W-215\, Arts Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0G5\, 853 rue She rbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:AHCS Speaker Series - Michael Cole URL:/ahcs/channels/event/ahcs-speaker-series-michael-c ole-229985 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR