''Leonardo'' is a

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published by the

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covering the application of contemporary science and technology to the arts and music.

History

The journal, ''Leonardo'', was established in 1968 by artist and scientist Frank Malina in

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. Since 1968, ''Leonardo'' has published writings by artists who work with science- and technology-based art media. Journal operations were moved to the

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Area by Frank's son Roger Malina, an astronomer and space scientist, who took over operations of the journal upon Frank Malina's death in 1981. In 1982, the International Society for the Arts Sciences and Technology ( Leonardo/ISAST) was founded to further the aims of ''Leonardo'' by providing avenues of communication for artists working in contemporary media. The society also publishes '' Leonardo Music Journal'', the '' Leonardo Electronic Almanac'', '' Leonardo Reviews'', and the '' Leonardo Book Series''. All publications are produced in collaboration with the

. Other activities of the organization include an awards program and participation in annual conferences and symposiums such as the Space and the Arts Workshop and the annual College Art Association conference. Leonardo has a sister organization in France, the ''Association Leonardo'', that publishes the ''Observatoire Leonardo'' website. While encouraging the innovative presentation of technology-based arts, the society also functions as an international meeting place for artists, educators, students, scientists, and others interested in the use of new media in contemporary artistic expression. The aims of the organization include the documentation of personal and innovative technologies developed by artists, similar to the way in which findings of scientists are documented in journal publications. An example of scientific and technical studies interacting with those of art is the publication in ''Leonardo'' of the realization of significant historical precedence in physics being demonstrated among the pages of notes by Leonardo that went unnoticed until a physicist examined pages that traditionally have been the subject of review regarding his art. The physicist recognized that sketches by Leonardo in the margins documented experiments he conducted that explained gravity and explored its dynamics much earlier than those credited with the discoveries related to it,Lawson-Tancred, Jo,
Marginalia Uncovered in Leonardo's Famous Codex Arundel Suggests the Renaissance Polymath Theorized Gravity Before Galileo
', ''ArtNet News'', February 20, 2023 and his insight into the significance of Leonardo's graphic details of his experiment was published in the journal in 2023.

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''Leonardo'' on the MIT Press website

Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA)
{{Authority control Academic journals established in 1968 MIT Press academic journals English-language journals Arts journals Bimonthly journals Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies 1968 establishments in France

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