Panizzi Lecture – Maps of the Mind: Diagrams Medieval and Modern

This event took place on the 24 of October 2022. The information below is correct as of the publication date. The first of the three lectures by Jeffrey F. Hamburger on diagrams in medieval art and thought. By definition, diagrams transcend boundaries. They represent an unusual class of images in so far as their delineations extend to include lettering, even full-blown text. They also simultaneously serve theoretical, demonstrative, and instrumental functions. Diagrams both reproduce and generate maps of the mind. To what extent can modern understandings of diagrammatic procedures inform inquiry into historical diagrammatic practices, and vice versa? This lecture addresses this and related questions through a series of examples ranging from the Middle Ages to the present. The Panizzi Lecture series 2022 is given by Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Kuno Francke Professor of German Art & Culture, Harvard University. 2022 Series Introduction – Drawing Conclusions: Diagrams in Medieval