Leonardo da Vinci Society | Thinking About Perspective

This year’s lecture will be held online. The title is “Thinking about Perspective” and the speaker will be Richard Talbot, Director of The School of Arts and Cultures Research, University of Newcastle; It will take place at 6pm UK time on Friday 9 December 2022. The abstract is below. The lecture is free and all are welcome, but you must register in advance so that we can send you joining instructions for the Zoom meeting. Please email LdV.Society@gmail.com to reserve your place.

Richard Talbot is an artist who still uses, and remains fascinated by, those methods of drawing that come under the heading of ‘Linear Perspective’, and which were developed more than 550 years ago. In 2022, why would artists, or anyone, still be interested in the mechanics, as well as the meaning and nature of Linear Perspective? Richard will discuss those questions and will also describe his own drawing practice where the mechanics of this way of drawing and thinking about space becomes the content and subject matter of his work.

The Leonardo da Vinci Society’s 2022 Annual General Meeting will take place on Friday 9 December 2022 at 17:30 UK time. It will take place over Zoom, and is open only to members of the Society. If you wish to attend the meeting please email LdV.Society@gmail.com and you will be sent instructions on how to join the meeting.