LEONARDO DA VINCI: MASTERPIECES AND FLYING MACHINES LEONARDO DA VINCI: MASTERPIECES & FLYING MACHINES The exhibition 1/2 The decision to show a selection of artworks by Leonardo Da Vinci was made in order to introduce the visitor of this exhibition to Leonardo’s world with his variety of interests and great ability to represent them through drawing. The consistent use of hand-drawn sketches applied to all his research (anatomy, mathematics, nature and technology), the experimentation with innovative painting techniques and the attention to detail have made Leonardo the definitive protagonist of the golden age called the Renaissance. The dialogue between these masterpieces has been made possible using the DAW® – Digital Art Work – technique by which digital replicas are produced in a limited serie and then authenticated, numbered, and certified in 1:1 scale, identical to the originals. 4 LEONARDO DA VINCI: MASTERPIECES & FLYING MACHINES The exhibition 2/2 In addition to some of the Leonardo’s most popular masterpieces, the focus of this selection is on the flying machines. Leonardo’s desire to reproduce the flight of birds brought the genius to imagine the first flying tools in history, like ornithopters, fixed-wing gliders, rotorcraft and parachutes. His journey in imitating the Nature was only at the beginning… This selection includes artworks from the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana and the Galleria Nazionale di Parma. The focus of this exhibition is on flying machines, but it is entirely customizable since Cinello owns the rights to make DAWs of all the ‘Atlanticus Codex’ by Leonardo. Mechanics, mathematics, astronomy, geography and anatomy are only some of the subjects analyzed in the drawings by the Renaissance master. 5 LEONARDO DA VINCI: MASTERPIECES & FLYING MACHINES The collection 1/4 La Scapigliata, Leonardo da Vinci, Complesso monumentale della Pilotta, 1508 circa Portrait of a Musician, Leonardo da Vinci, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, 1485 circa Series of drawings of sixty solids for Luca Pacioli treatise «De Divina Proportione», Pinacoteca Masterpieces of Ambrosiana, 1498 circa Leonardo and his School 6 LEONARDO DA VINCI: MASTERPIECES & FLYING MACHINES The collection 2/4 Study of a flapping wing Studies of human dynamics for the flying machine Studies of flapping wings Leonardo and flight Study of a boat-shaped machine with Codex Atlanticus, Leonardo da Vinci, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, 1478-1519 flapping wings 7 LEONARDO DA VINCI: MASTERPIECES & FLYING MACHINES The collection 3/4 Studies of the flying machine Study of a mechanical Studies of human dynamics for Man with wings and other studies wing flight and parachute Leonardo and flight Codex Atlanticus, Leonardo da Vinci, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, 1478-1519 8 LEONARDO DA VINCI: MASTERPIECES & FLYING MACHINES The collection 4/4 Studies of wings for the flying machine Studies of a mechanical wing Study of the flight of birds Leonardo and flight Codex Atlanticus, Leonardo da Vinci, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, 1478-1519 9.