DaVinci Knew It Could Be Done

[gorgeousgary]

Saw a very cool traveling exhibit on Leonardo DaVinci at the National Geographic Museum this weekend. Artisans from the Fondazione Anthropos in Italy took about 60 sketches from DaVinci's notebooks and, using materials, fastening, and connections consistent with the 1400's, made full-size mockups. Most are static models, but a few devices can

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[katrinb]

Sounds like the one that was at the Baltimore Science Center a while back. Xpioti, Jeanniemac and I went up, and took turns going to see the exhibit while the other two watched the offspring in the Kids' Room. Very neat.

[gorgeousgary]

Could be; the website only mentioned one or two places where the exhibit had been previously.

[madfilkentist]

That sounds fascinating about the Mona Lisa, and I'd love to see a reconstruction.

Along similar lines, here's an article on reconstructing how Greek statues were painted.

[gorgeousgary]

There are some videos and other links on the website for Cotte's company, Lumiere-Technology.