Ends July31,2013-Daily, 10am-11pm Galleria Vittorio EmanueleIIentrance Sale delRe,PiazzadellaScala Leonardo3 –IlMondodieonardo and interactiveexperiences An exhibitfeaturingbrand-newdiscoveries The World ofLeonardo Leonardo3 Milan. by thePresident of by theMunicipality andissupported ofItaly his ingenious machines. The show has been awarded a state prize and and inventor da to Leonardo artist Vinci dedicated hibit ever initsfirst40days. 40,000 tickets from (entrance the Galleria), Scala della has already soldover hibit now openinsideMilan’s delReinPiazza prestigious Sale . Francesco Sforza the drawings, thosehemade inpreparation hisfresco for including of of his artistic exhibit several would be remiss not toalsoinclude studies hemadehismachines, for andhow heworked. neer” andhelpusunderstandwhathewrote, whathedesigned, the is tohighlightLeonardo’s work notjustas “artist” but also as “engi- last tenyears Mario by Taddei Itspurpose and Edoardo Zanon. remain tobeinterpreted. around 5thousandpages, containthat mostofwhich drawings 120 notebooks, manyhave ofwhich beenlost. Yet we have still difficult tounderstandandappreciate. behind Leonardosome left hismanuscripts, besaidfor same cannot more are which decidedly been theobjectofmuch attention, studyandpopularization, the last ten years. ofthisRenaissance genius theartworks have While THE EXHIBIT:THE Pur This is the most important interactive and interdisciplinary ex- interactive andinterdisciplinary This isthemostimportant Milan, 17, April 2013. – Leonardo3 Considering Leonardo’sConsidering asanartist, importance however, the the out over This show presents the results ofresearch carried over Countless the exhibitions to haveLeonardo been dedicated Equestrian Monument to Last Supper andhisnever-completed Equestrian pose and p Il MondodiLeonardo,Il anex- r e mise

17 apr 2013 – Press release – pag 1/6 Time model Machine virtual L3 HyperView have beenlostforever. to rediscover paintingthat wall detailsandcolors ofthecelebrated Last SupperthefirsttimesinceRenaissance allowsvisitorsfor Leonardo’s Self-Supporting. Bridge theirown inventor’sprint assemble as as well physically certificate assembleLeonardo’svites young peopletodigitally machinesand are kids, for meantexpressly likeLeonardo’s Workshop, in - which beforenever possibleby theminteractively. experiencing Some contents ofLeonardo’s folios; usehisinventions can they inways audience. Acomplete audioguideisalsoavailableinEnglish. lish andItalian, tomakethecontents availabletoaninternational had completed ever it. areThe interactive inEng- experiences all revealing whatthemonument couldhave looked likeif Leonardo the Castle andpaintingtheLastSupper . Another station to isdevoted the Sforza highest tower planned for constructing in the world Milan , Machine of ofbuildingtheFlying firsthand experiences consult digitally. through in Milan guidestheviewer Leonardo the the thepublic,for thefirsttimeacomplete for edition of including Dragonfly. the ever, liketheMechanicalfirst time Submarine Machine, theTime ers. the machinesreconstructed for include discoveries Brand-new Robot-Knight the has led to the recreation machines, of evocative on all exhibit here: and the Flight do’s tocome down manuscripts tous:, B Manuscript theCodex on - ofLeonar containedand drawings withinthemostimportant among designsfound thethousandsofpages,the original notes ever builtandaretime even seenherethefirst henever for of which reproductions ofLeonardo’s tophysical dition machines, many way. inanoriginal ardo dents,- and others to about discoverLeon something tourists new families, for this show represents opportunity animportant stu- research)tents (theresults ofbrand-new andlength(5months) Con The contents andcenter of thisexhibitarerich on “edutainment” Leonardo’sAs for art, digitalrestoration ofthe theimportant understandthefascinating leafthrough can andeasily Visitors by interactiveThe entire 3Dexperiences showcharacterized is More than200interactive 3Dmachinesare ondisplay, inad- 500sq. area ofitssurface (nearly Because m. or1640sq. ft.), con - Giant Horse, alsoknown astheMonumentto, Francesco Sforza with more than 1100 folios that visitors can withmoreCodex thatvisitorscan Atlanticus than1100folios Flying Machine of Milan, Machine of Flying theMagicCube andtheMechanical . These machines were created withtheutmost respect to ,Harpsichord-Viola theMechanical, Lion theRobot-Car, te n ts and ne ,and the Multi-CannonGunship among many oth- . Intensive study of these notebooks w disc ove r ie s the

1 FEB 2013 – Comunicato stampa – pag 2/2 Mechanical Submarine virtual model Mechanical Submarinevirtual L3 interactivestation what led him to finish so few.what ledhimtofinishso had hundredsfact of designs on thathealways hismind, isalso 250years later.lated by Bernoulli Leonardo’s greatest gift, i.e. the whoseequation waspostu- thewingprofile sketched even andlift did. than they taken flightearlier Leonardo On one ofhispages had publishedhisstudiesonLeonardo flight, humans may have painting, hisdeath. hisstudentMelzipublishedafter which If his notebooks sawthelight, ever histreatise ifnotperhaps on completed.faded actually image ofwhatLeonardo finished; and theLastSupper , as butonly may which have survived work:, Anghiari theBattleof wasdestroyed which before being ever that didn’t techniques paintings he madewall using experimental works, thatactually instrument cal buthasanoisymotor. the Or managed tofly, ortheHarpsichord-Viola, innovative musi- atruly werechines flops.never that machines hisflying Justthinkofall of failure. upalotoffailures—so And heracked many ofhisma- his desirewithoutfear tocontinueandexperimenting innovating around us. by improving andrefashioning theworld stepsforwards small today.same istrue We useourknowledge can ofthepasttotake visions and improvements before onhim. thingsthatcame The studying,start toimprove theirsurroundings, trying andcreating. Leonardo’s usethisshow who will asstimulus andinspirationto that among thethousandsofvisitorsthere mightbesome future the distractions around on themandturn theirminds. We hope understanding and inspiration. We invite off all visitors to turn process provoking, yes, wonder, butalsoknowledge thatleads to proachable genius. We wanttomakehimmore accessible, inthe ties. We don’t objective some have ofcelebrating unap- thesterile liebehind apparent that simple conceptslearn actually complexi- ment.” Through play,Leonardocan betterandget toknow people with Leonardo’s machinesandworks ofart. We this call “edutain - This isalsowhy allowvisitorsto ourinteractive experiences “play” him before. We want tohelp people understand thisgreat genius. seen never asthey’ve Leonardo todiscover ing opportunity reconstructions. new research thathasledtocompletely the results oforiginal show’s three curators,: says young for andoldalike.experiences Leonardo’s failure wasnotpublishinganything. great None of Leonardo’sThe secret to ;great itwas curiosity successwashis studiedalotandmany ofhisinventionsLeonardo were re- itpresents unlikeany otherbecause truly is exhibition “This Massimiliano Lisa, President andoneofthe ofLeonardo3 S tatement from thecurators W e are therefore giving thepublicanamaz- e are therefore giving

17 apr 2013 – Press release – pag 3/6 The LastSupperrestoration the MechanicalDragonfly Physical modelof tion that would finally allow him to achieve hisdream. allowhimto achieve tion thatwould finally Leonardo’s the subjecthisentire life, lookingthedefinitive for solu- always ofadreambecause helaterdescribed, and hewasswept away by desire ofalifetime. age Hewasinvolved withflightfrom anearly way heapproached machines. For Leonardo, humanflightwas the insects. approached Leonardo theseelementsinthesky thesame creatures, directedways flying towards thosemythical birds and Leonardo:figure of Leonardo’smachines. theflying wasal- gaze one oftheshow’s three curators,: says andinnovate,learn did.” justliketherealda Leonardo Vinci matter ifyou’re 6or86. mattersisyour desire toobserve,What and reassemble them, theresearch andview documents. Itdoesn’t allowustodiscover themachines,pensible sincethey disassemble To doso, ofmultimedia stations inthisshow thedozens are indis- weremachines andwhetherthey inventions really ofLeonardo’s. just thetipoficeberg. Itisessentialthatwe understandthese ofotherunprecedented modelsareof theLastSupper anddozens chine,,Mechanical the Submarine theMagicCube, therestoration accessible.easily Ma- likethe Time discoveries display ofnew Our interactive multimedia technology, made them hasfinally which andunderstandthemwiththeirowns eyes usingnew to observe do’s realinthisexhibition sothepublichaschance manuscripts discover theRealLeonardo. pages, more andeven have beenlost. This iswherecan (re) we it wasby Vetruvius? us withsome 5000manuscript left Leonardo pictured on ourEuro, the iscalled Vetruvian because Man?Maybe one ofLeonardo’s mostwell-known drawings, we have which even That belonged toArchimedes,Leonardo. not Ever wonder why some simple reasoning. Leonardo’s “famous” Archimedes screw? you reconstructed! Sometimes the stupidestthingsever justneed ied andrecopied inhisown notebooks. isalso one of The bicycle were weapons medieval andinventions all stud- thatLeonardo car, chariot, thescythed theparachute, bombards andcatapults the bicycle. from Nothing couldbefurther thetruth. The armored helicopter, thearmored car, chariot, thescythed and theparachute things, known astheinventor isalsouniversally ofthe Leonardo goes theRenaissancegossip mill. itcomes tomore concrete When mental abouthim. Vegetarians wasavegetarian. say Leonardo So sexual, him and this was something knew funda- as though they himanoddball.have called even have saidhewasahomo Some - of theshow’s three curators,: says There is one category of objects that is inseparable from ofobjectsthatisinseparable the category “There isone Edoardo Zanon, S hard andextensive researchAfter I’m proud- topresent Leonar already thinksthey da know Leonardo Vinci.“Everyone Some ario Mario Taddei, S irector of Leonardo3 andone Co-Directorcientific ofLeonardo3 irector of Leonardo3 and Co-Directorcientific ofLeonardo3

17 apr 2013 – Press release – pag 4/6 Aviewoftheexhibition Pilot oftheGreatKite The IdealCity in great secret,in great likethe oneinMilan.” of research, convinced thathedidbuildatleast one, Iamfirmly No create one anobject. can such “object andtherefore outsidetime”—non-designable impossible. Leonardoexpecting atestflightfrom for an would belikeasking Butthisdoesn’t tothenestwhere itwasborn.” ry matterbecause would have it withthe utmost splendor celebrated impossible tohideitfrom since, theworld ashesaidhimself, he ardo machinesit had testedonewould have ever ofhisflying been ofanimals. inimitation both drawn We- now know thatifLeon licopter; andtheMechanical BatandtheMechanical Dragonfly, the Tower ofS Milan, Machine of Flying was to be built in secret which behind the instructions; piloting , left even Flight Leonardo which for machines onexhibit: KiteGreat , The hiddeninsidetheCodex on up.knowledge of a gave man who never for concealthethirst they because machinesare magic flying wonders. Yet later, five centuries agroup ofItalianscientists has of these built the majority never da Vinci phia (“Leonardo Inquirer helps you understand the mind of Leonardo”) and the the internationalpress,York show theNew (“This including Times in recognized work hasbeenwidely andsuccessofLeonardo3 public atlarge. by usingaccessible da language addressedLeonardo Vinci tothe unprecedented andaimtohelpvisitorsdiscover andunderstand tions, arerigor, which created with scientific-artistic are absolutely the publicusingavant-garde methodsandtechnology. Itsexhibi- and make it available to the work terpret da of Leonardo Vinci house andmediacompany whosemission itistostudyandin- Scala. della inPiazza da to Leonardo Vinci ashowfor on theRenaissancemaestro, sinceitfaces amonument like this. place inMilan istheperfect totheGalleria The entrance delRe(or time theSale “rooms are hosting anevent oftheking”) Sale, officeandthe ticket which facetheinterior. Thisisthefirst Scala, della inPiazza lead tothe directly leria elevators private opened theirdoorstohostevents. From totheGal- theentrance ings, andlavishballs. parties andpublicmeet- prestigious tohostprivate rooms theGalleria for inMilan. oftheGalleria theconstruction for The kingplanned T S he But Leonardo sureBut Leonardo tried. And assomeone involved inthiskind During theexhibitions ithasbeenorganizingsince2005,During the (L3)isaninnovative researchLeonardo3 center, publishing Now, carefulrestoration, following therooms re- have finally On March 7, laidthefirststone EmmanuelII 1865King Victor a le d an Gottardo;, Screw isnotahe- which theAerial el Re W e have several flying e flying have several “bringing glo- “bringing Philadel-

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