Famous painter, whose paintings are among the most expensive in the world, Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) had his name recently exposed in the media because of his most famous painting
“La Gioconda” and Dan Brown’s book “The Da Vinci code”.
However, and exposition about him in the Ibirapuera park shows that reducing his geniality in his paintings is disdaining the most part of his work. “Leonardo Da Vinci – A Exibição de um Gênio” brings to the Oca 150 pieces that show the activities of the Italian as an architect, a scientist, an inventor, an engineer, a philosopher, an anatomist and obviously a painter.
The exposition is, according to specialists, the most including about Da Vinci ever conceived in the moving format. There are no original pieces, as a legislation forbids their circulation and Da Vinci himself didn’t left many of them behind. The first pieces that remake the inventions of Da Vinci had been produced in the middle of the 50′ by craftsmen Italian families, from the study of original projects. Later on, other European craftsmen and specialists had also confectioned more pieces with materials and techniques of the 15th century. These are the ones exposed in
São Paulo.
Works of art had been reproduced by Florentine artists in their original size. Rejoinders of the codes, studies of anatomy and the drawings of “Anghiari Battle” were extended. Ones of the most important works of Leonardo’s trajectory, the “Vitruviano Man” and the “Last Supper” are displayed in 3D, with technological resources that provide interaction with the public.
The exposition is divided in 13 sectors: “Estudos Anatômicos”, “Arte da Guerra”, “Máquinas Civis”, “Códices”, “O Pai da Aviação”, “Máquinas Hidráulicas e Aquáticas”, “Instrumentos Musicais e Ópticos”, “Estudos sobre Física e Mecânica”, “A arte da Renascença”, “O Homem Vitruviano”, “Desenhos da Batalha de Anghiari“, “Documentário” e “Vídeos em 2D e 3D sobre o Homem Vitruviano e a Última Ceia”.
