Produced by Cité des sciences et de l’industrie (part of Universcience group), an exhibition to learn more about Leonardo da Vinci, the specific nature of his genius and his relationship with the world, as well as the role played by active observation in forming his technical imagination.The exhibition presents the magnificent collection of machine models belon-ging to the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci from Milan accompanied by means of interpretation focused on extracts from notebooks allowing Leonardo’s conceptual approach to be illustrated. It calls on a variety of interpretative tools and interactive exhibits which other origi-nal viewpoints on Leonardo and allows the visitor to become an active player in experimenting with some of his “techniques”: active observation, drawing, assembly of machine parts, etc.

Entrance Exit

The exhibition is divided into a prologue and 6 sections

LEONARDODA VINCIPROJECTS, DRAWINGS, MACHINES

A TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONDeutsches Museum - Munich – Germany (2013)SESI-FIESP – Cultural Center - Sao Paulo – Brasil (2014)TCU – Museum - Brasilia – Brasil (2015)Science Museum – London – United Kingdom (2016)

GOOD TO KNOWAudienceFor families and school visitors from 10 years old.

Composition40 historical models;13 interactive exhibits;10 movies and video installations.Surface area800 to 900 square meters - Capable of handling 370 visitors simultaneously.LanguagesFrench, English, Italian, German, Portuguese. Possible adaptation in other languages.AccessibilityAccessible for all kinds of disability.

CURATORSHIPCurator & project manager: Eric Lapie, Cité des sciences et de l’industrie - Universcience.Scientific curator: Claudio Giorgione, Museo della scienza e della tecnologia LdV.Museographers: Alisson Boiffard, Claude Doumet-Pincet, Maud Livrozet, Cité des sciences et de l’industrie - Universcience.

With the support of the Universcience Partenaires Endowment Fund.

EXPERTSAlain Berthoz, Professor, Collège de France.Patrick Boucheron, Historian, Associate Professor, «Histoire, civilisation, archéologie et art des mondes anciens et médiévaux », Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne.Philippe Cardinali, Philosopher.Frédéric Cazals, Research Director, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis.Claudio Giorgione, Museum Coinsellor, Leonardo, Art and Science Gallery, Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milano.Pierre-Henri Gouyon, Professor, MNHN, AgroParisTech and Sciences Po, Paris.Olivier Lavoisy, Historian of techniques.Pietro Marani, Professor of Art History, Politecnico di Milano.Jean-Arcady Meyer, former Emeritus Research Director at CNRS, «Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique».Cécile Sykes, Director of Research, CNRS, Institut Curie.

LAYOUT PLAN OF THE EXHIBITION

The exhibition is divided into a prologue and 6 sections:1.TRANSFORMING MOVEMENTTraining in the disciplines of drawing and mechanical engineering.

2.PREPARING FOR WARMilitary engineering work for Ludovico Sforza.

3.LEARNING FROM NATUREContemporary bio inspired creations.

4.IMAGINING FLIGHTResearch into flight.

5.IMPROVING MANUFACTURINGTextiles: from the manufacture of ropes to making felt clothing, from spinning to the actual weaving process.

6.UNIFYING KNOWLEDGEA painter and engineer trained in workshop practices to encompass that of a court artist familiar with the world of ideas and in tune with the thinking of his time.

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© EPPDCSI – COM 03/2016. Photos : Ph. LEVY. DR/ Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci. Icono : collection de la Bibliothèque des sciences et de l’industrie/Universcience.w

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Produced by Cité des sciences et de l’industrie (part of Universcience group), an exhibition to learn more about Leonardo da Vinci, the specific nature of his genius and his relationship with the world, as well as the role played by active observation in forming his technical imagination.The exhibition presents the magnificent collection of machine models belon-ging to the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci from Milan accompanied by means of interpretation focused on extracts from notebooks allowing Leonardo’s conceptual approach to be illustrated. It calls on a variety of interpretative tools and interactive exhibits which other origi-nal viewpoints on Leonardo and allows the visitor to become an active player in experimenting with some of his “techniques”: active observation, drawing, assembly of machine parts, etc.

Entrance Exit

The exhibition is divided into a prologue and 6 sections

LEONARDODA VINCIPROJECTS, DRAWINGS, MACHINES

A TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONDeutsches Museum - Munich – Germany (2013)SESI-FIESP – Cultural Center - Sao Paulo – Brasil (2014)TCU – Museum - Brasilia – Brasil (2015)Science Museum – London – United Kingdom (2016)

GOOD TO KNOWAudienceFor families and school visitors from 10 years old.

Composition40 historical models;13 interactive exhibits;10 movies and video installations.Surface area800 to 900 square meters - Capable of handling 370 visitors simultaneously.LanguagesFrench, English, Italian, German, Portuguese. Possible adaptation in other languages.AccessibilityAccessible for all kinds of disability.

CURATORSHIPCurator & project manager: Eric Lapie, Cité des sciences et de l’industrie - Universcience.Scientific curator: Claudio Giorgione, Museo della scienza e della tecnologia LdV.Museographers: Alisson Boiffard, Claude Doumet-Pincet, Maud Livrozet, Cité des sciences et de l’industrie - Universcience.

With the support of the Universcience Partenaires Endowment Fund.

EXPERTSAlain Berthoz, Professor, Collège de France.Patrick Boucheron, Historian, Associate Professor, «Histoire, civilisation, archéologie et art des mondes anciens et médiévaux », Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne.Philippe Cardinali, Philosopher.Frédéric Cazals, Research Director, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis.Claudio Giorgione, Museum Coinsellor, Leonardo, Art and Science Gallery, Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milano.Pierre-Henri Gouyon, Professor, MNHN, AgroParisTech and Sciences Po, Paris.Olivier Lavoisy, Historian of techniques.Pietro Marani, Professor of Art History, Politecnico di Milano.Jean-Arcady Meyer, former Emeritus Research Director at CNRS, «Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique».Cécile Sykes, Director of Research, CNRS, Institut Curie.

LAYOUT PLAN OF THE EXHIBITION

The exhibition is divided into a prologue and 6 sections:1.TRANSFORMING MOVEMENTTraining in the disciplines of drawing and mechanical engineering.

2.PREPARING FOR WARMilitary engineering work for Ludovico Sforza.

3.LEARNING FROM NATUREContemporary bio inspired creations.

4.IMAGINING FLIGHTResearch into flight.

5.IMPROVING MANUFACTURINGTextiles: from the manufacture of ropes to making felt clothing, from spinning to the actual weaving process.

6.UNIFYING KNOWLEDGEA painter and engineer trained in workshop practices to encompass that of a court artist familiar with the world of ideas and in tune with the thinking of his time.

t ravel l ing exhib i t ionLEONARDO

PROJECTS, DRAWINGS, MACHINES

DA VINCI

© EPPDCSI – COM 03/2016. Photos : Ph. LEVY. DR/ Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci. Icono : collection de la Bibliothèque des sciences et de l’industrie/Universcience.w

In collaboration with

Produced by Cité des sciences et de l’industrie (part of Universcience group), an exhibition to learn more about Leonardo da Vinci, the specific nature of his genius and his relationship with the world, as well as the role played by active observation in forming his technical imagination.The exhibition presents the magnificent collection of machine models belon-ging to the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci from Milan accompanied by means of interpretation focused on extracts from notebooks allowing Leonardo’s conceptual approach to be illustrated. It calls on a variety of interpretative tools and interactive exhibits which other origi-nal viewpoints on Leonardo and allows the visitor to become an active player in experimenting with some of his “techniques”: active observation, drawing, assembly of machine parts, etc.

Entrance Exit

The exhibition is divided into a prologue and 6 sections

LEONARDODA VINCIPROJECTS, DRAWINGS, MACHINES

A TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONDeutsches Museum - Munich – Germany (2013)SESI-FIESP – Cultural Center - Sao Paulo – Brasil (2014)TCU – Museum - Brasilia – Brasil (2015)Science Museum – London – United Kingdom (2016)

GOOD TO KNOWAudienceFor families and school visitors from 10 years old.

Composition40 historical models;13 interactive exhibits;10 movies and video installations.Surface area800 to 900 square meters - Capable of handling 370 visitors simultaneously.LanguagesFrench, English, Italian, German, Portuguese. Possible adaptation in other languages.AccessibilityAccessible for all kinds of disability.

CURATORSHIPCurator & project manager: Eric Lapie, Cité des sciences et de l’industrie - Universcience.Scientific curator: Claudio Giorgione, Museo della scienza e della tecnologia LdV.Museographers: Alisson Boiffard, Claude Doumet-Pincet, Maud Livrozet, Cité des sciences et de l’industrie - Universcience.

With the support of the Universcience Partenaires Endowment Fund.

EXPERTSAlain Berthoz, Professor, Collège de France.Patrick Boucheron, Historian, Associate Professor, «Histoire, civilisation, archéologie et art des mondes anciens et médiévaux », Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne.Philippe Cardinali, Philosopher.Frédéric Cazals, Research Director, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis.Claudio Giorgione, Museum Coinsellor, Leonardo, Art and Science Gallery, Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milano.Pierre-Henri Gouyon, Professor, MNHN, AgroParisTech and Sciences Po, Paris.Olivier Lavoisy, Historian of techniques.Pietro Marani, Professor of Art History, Politecnico di Milano.Jean-Arcady Meyer, former Emeritus Research Director at CNRS, «Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique».Cécile Sykes, Director of Research, CNRS, Institut Curie.

LAYOUT PLAN OF THE EXHIBITION

The exhibition is divided into a prologue and 6 sections:1.TRANSFORMING MOVEMENTTraining in the disciplines of drawing and mechanical engineering.

2.PREPARING FOR WARMilitary engineering work for Ludovico Sforza.

3.LEARNING FROM NATUREContemporary bio inspired creations.

4.IMAGINING FLIGHTResearch into flight.

5.IMPROVING MANUFACTURINGTextiles: from the manufacture of ropes to making felt clothing, from spinning to the actual weaving process.

6.UNIFYING KNOWLEDGEA painter and engineer trained in workshop practices to encompass that of a court artist familiar with the world of ideas and in tune with the thinking of his time.

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PROJECTS, DRAWINGS, MACHINES

DA VINCI

© EPPDCSI – COM 03/2016. Photos : Ph. LEVY. DR/ Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci. Icono : collection de la Bibliothèque des sciences et de l’industrie/Universcience.w

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PROLOGUEThe exhibition begins with two questions that refer to some of the most important misunderstandings about Leonardo. Leonardo da Vinci drawings of machines: are they all inventions? In Leonardo drawing is the most important instrument of observation, study and representation of nature and technology. For this reason his drawings can be referred to different purposes: landscapes and surveys, relief of existing technology, sketches without any practical use, proposal of improvements, detailed views of original machines. Just a few of them can be really referred to real practical inventions.Is Leonardo the only designer of machines? Certainly not, many other engineers produced interesting drawings of machines, even if people could think they are by Leonardo.

IMAGINING FLIGHTLeonardo produced studies of flight at several periods in his life. His approach was methodical with his sketches of mechanical wings transposing his observations of birds in flight.To obtain the beating motion, Leonardo came up with numerous proposals while recognizing that muscle power alone would be insufficient to lift the machine into the air.In the following decade, he focused on glider flight without beating wings, studied «the quality and thickness of air» and developed measuring instruments such as the anemometer.

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Leonardo made textiles one of his primary areas for research, seeking to resolve the practical problems which he observed.He improved existing processes by automating them. His numerous proposals went hand in hand with an in-depth investigation of the mechanisms for transforming movement.He applied his knowledge in the matter, along with his artistic talent, to multiple fields including the staging of shows and festivities with machinery and automats.

Press quotes «Fascinating Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition Opens

at Science Museum.» Huffpost (UK)

«Expected to be one of the most popular exhibitions

of 2016.» The Telegraph (UK)

Cette exposition est « tout simplement géniale ! ».

Télérama Sortir (France) - This exhibition is «just great!»

«L’exposition nous ouvre les yeux. » France Télévision

(France) - The exhibition opens our eyes.

« Expo qui dépoussière ! » France culture (France) –

An exhibition that rocks!

« A voir absolument ! » Radio France Internationale

(France) - A must see!

« Mostra inaugurada em São Paulo dá vida aos desenhos

de Leonardo da Vinci, que antecipam em muitos séculos

diversas tecnologias essenciais ao mundo de hoje.» Veja

(Brasil) - The exhibition opened in Sao Paulo gives life

to the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, anticipating from

several key technologies to today’s world.

« Eine sehenswerte Ausstellung des Deutschen

Museums. » Hallertauer Zeitung (Germany) - An

interesting exhibition of the Deutsches Museum.

From these instances, and the reasons given, a man with wings large enough and duly connected might learn to overcome the resistance of the air, and by conquering it, succeed in subjugating it and rising above it.Leonardo da Vinci - Codex Atlanticus

River water is the last to leave and the first to arrive. And so the time passes. A full life is long.» Leonardo da Vinci - Codex Trivulce

DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM NATURE

Biomimetic or bio inspirations are two terms related to a brilliant, ancient idea - one of those that characterize Leonardo’s method.Observing nature and living creatures, along with their movements, morphology and forms, paves the way for the invention of many artefacts which, if the imitation is precise and intelligent, will apply solutions that have emerged over millennia of evolution.This approach is still a relevant one in the field of technology.The exhibition will explore a few examples in the field of robotics (flight control of robots based on the optical flow, like bees, a flapping wings drone, and a robotic eel), aviation (Airbus bio inspired vision of the future airplane), and materials (artificial spider silk and honeycomb reinforced composite).

PREPARING FOR WARLeonardo drew on an ancient tradition which, in the 15th century, called on the treatise of De Re Militari by Roberto Valturio, which he had studied, and on the drawings of machines by Siennois Mariano di Jacopo, also known as Taccola (the Crow) from Sienna or the new features introduced in the construction of fortresses by Francesco di Giorgio Martini.He worked on multiple studies of fortifications and weapons, producing often highly accomplished drawings in which he gave full vent to his creativity. He extended his knowledge in ballistics and physics. His studies on trajectory and the impact of projectiles as well as static fortifications were among the most innovative of their day.

Although human subtlety conceives various inventions... it will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous.Leonardo da Vinci - Quaderni iV

UNIFYING KNOWLEDGE

Leonardo developed a personal method whereby his observations of the world around him gave shape to his visions and allowed him to sketch out more general theories, so demonstrating his capacity for cross-cutting analysis and the thorough assimilation of sources.His interest in movement would henceforth be reflected in experiments on friction or perpetual motion.After 1500, his drawings increasingly focused on the study of nature, with anatomy, physics, hydraulics, all taken in their theoretical dimension.

TRANSFORMING MOVEMENT

Leonardo observed and reproduced the lifting machines designed by Brunelleschi and, as of his first machine designs, came up with improvements to existing mechanisms, founded on the traditional toothed wheel-sprocket tandem.Over the course of the years, he designed increasingly sophisticated machines featuring worm gears, chains, springs and crossbows, cams and rod-crank systems, so as to convert movement in accordance with the planned application.

Produced by Cité des sciences et de l’industrie (part of Universcience group), an exhibition to learn more about Leonardo da Vinci, the specific nature of his genius and his relationship with the world, as well as the role played by active observation in forming his technical imagination.The exhibition presents the magnificent collection of machine models belon-ging to the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci from Milan accompanied by means of interpretation focused on extracts from notebooks allowing Leonardo’s conceptual approach to be illustrated. It calls on a variety of interpretative tools and interactive exhibits which other origi-nal viewpoints on Leonardo and allows the visitor to become an active player in experimenting with some of his “techniques”: active observation, drawing, assembly of machine parts, etc.

Entrance Exit

The exhibition is divided into a prologue and 6 sections

LEONARDODA VINCIPROJECTS, DRAWINGS, MACHINES

A TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONDeutsches Museum - Munich – Germany (2013)SESI-FIESP – Cultural Center - Sao Paulo – Brasil (2014)TCU – Museum - Brasilia – Brasil (2015)Science Museum – London – United Kingdom (2016)

GOOD TO KNOWAudienceFor families and school visitors from 10 years old.

Composition40 historical models;13 interactive exhibits;10 movies and video installations.Surface area800 to 900 square meters - Capable of handling 370 visitors simultaneously.LanguagesFrench, English, Italian, German, Portuguese. Possible adaptation in other languages.AccessibilityAccessible for all kinds of disability.

CURATORSHIPCurator & project manager: Eric Lapie, Cité des sciences et de l’industrie - Universcience.Scientific curator: Claudio Giorgione, Museo della scienza e della tecnologia LdV.Museographers: Alisson Boiffard, Claude Doumet-Pincet, Maud Livrozet, Cité des sciences et de l’industrie - Universcience.

With the support of the Universcience Partenaires Endowment Fund.

EXPERTSAlain Berthoz, Professor, Collège de France.Patrick Boucheron, Historian, Associate Professor, «Histoire, civilisation, archéologie et art des mondes anciens et médiévaux », Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne.Philippe Cardinali, Philosopher.Frédéric Cazals, Research Director, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis.Claudio Giorgione, Museum Coinsellor, Leonardo, Art and Science Gallery, Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milano.Pierre-Henri Gouyon, Professor, MNHN, AgroParisTech and Sciences Po, Paris.Olivier Lavoisy, Historian of techniques.Pietro Marani, Professor of Art History, Politecnico di Milano.Jean-Arcady Meyer, former Emeritus Research Director at CNRS, «Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique».Cécile Sykes, Director of Research, CNRS, Institut Curie.

LAYOUT PLAN OF THE EXHIBITION

The exhibition is divided into a prologue and 6 sections:1.TRANSFORMING MOVEMENTTraining in the disciplines of drawing and mechanical engineering.

2.PREPARING FOR WARMilitary engineering work for Ludovico Sforza.

3.LEARNING FROM NATUREContemporary bio inspired creations.

4.IMAGINING FLIGHTResearch into flight.

5.IMPROVING MANUFACTURINGTextiles: from the manufacture of ropes to making felt clothing, from spinning to the actual weaving process.

6.UNIFYING KNOWLEDGEA painter and engineer trained in workshop practices to encompass that of a court artist familiar with the world of ideas and in tune with the thinking of his time.

t ravel l ing exhib i t ionLEONARDO

PROJECTS, DRAWINGS, MACHINES

DA VINCI

© EPPDCSI – COM 03/2016. Photos : Ph. LEVY. DR/ Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci. Icono : collection de la Bibliothèque des sciences et de l’industrie/Universcience.w

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