Conférence : “Signature Style – Leonardo da Vinci and Mirror Writing”, Londres, The Courtauld, le 21 mai 2025, de 17h30 à 19h
In the popular imagination, Leonardo da Vinci’s mirror writing has come to embody the eccentricity of genius. This lecture argues that it should not be dismissed as a quirk, but recognised as integral to the artist’s agenda. Moving beyond traditional biographical and psychological approaches, it shifts attention from the origin and motives of mirror script to its reception and consequences. Applying art-historical tools to a field that is traditionally the domain of philologists and palaeographers, it examines...