Leonardo da Vinci

The Exhibition in Venice

“Wisdom is the daughter of experience …”

… Leonardo Da Vinci used to think so.. The experience was,, in fact, the dominant motif of his thoughts, making him the first true Renaissance Man and capable of marrying, in a wonderful way, the Arts and the Scientific fields..

mechanics

Hammer Cam

The hammer cam is a mechanical organ which transforms the rotary motion into intermittent reciprocating motion. Leonardo used the hammer cam to strike a hammer on an anvil thereby facilitating the task of metalworking. To relieve fatigue was expected that a crank turn counterclockwise did operate the machine.

The hydraulic

Barca a Pale

Even in this large sheet, dominated by the theme of water, for the presence of machines with toothed wheels and the related gears, This is the project, motivated by practical or needs of war, to remain under water with the description of a man equipped with goggles and respirator.

In this perspective it is associated, in the middle left sector, a quick sketch of how to walk on water, where in the rapid hatching of the human figure, that employs “baghe” o otri, shod in the manner of long puffy shoes air, and holds two floating rackets to ensure the balance of the person orthostatic, Leonardo intends dismostrare, as technological wizardry, It can concretely realize the ancient human dream of walking on the water surface.

c. 1480 – 82. Codex Atlanticus, f. 7 r-a |26 r| Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana

war

Ponte Arcuato

The first flying bridge designed by Leonardo and aimed at military purposes, because they favored the surprise factor and rapid movement of troops and artillery, were readily available materials such as wood and ropes, for so substantially provisional and quickly removable. In his letter to the Moro 1481, the artist claimed his competent skills also in building types “lightweight and strong”. But Leonardo had given particular attention and interest to the choice of wood material, in particular taking into consideration the degree of its resistance: a device that derived from his experience in the field of architecture, where the ribs, small and large, They had to bear with their structure sometimes arches.

The flight

The Flying Machine

This well-defined design on human flight, replicated in Ms. B (f. 74 v) It is one of the best known, in that it describes the project plan the structure of the flying machine, complete with wings and pilot, place in a prone position on the platform and engaged on the dynamic plan to exploit all the parts of the body for the propulsion. The picture is accompanied by very important notes, as explanatory of complex mechanisms that drive the composite wing movement, activated by the rider pushing on the pedals F and G, whereby one up and the other closes the wing: “A twisting alia, B turns the glue Lieva, C and D the cove Lieva the top”. There are clear indications maneuvering of three strings, who, using a system of pulleys, Folding wing tip to open and close, flex and give them a lever with a rotary movement.

c. 1485 – 87. Codex Atlanticus, f. 302 v Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana

architecture

Church with central plant

Church with central plant orthogonal.

The complexity of the studies on the modular geometry that Leonardo faces, Also on architectural plans, It is demonstrated by this model which offers special light effects and its structure conception as an organism perfectly articulated, highlighted by the three-dimensional model.

 

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