Leonardo a Vinci. At the origins of the Genius - Leonardiano Museum, Vinci (Florence)
Inaugurated April 15, the Leonardo exhibition in Vinci continues until October 15 at the Leonardo Museum in Vinci. At the origins of the Genius'.
The exhibition, co-organized with the Uffizi Galleries, focuses on Leonardo's biographical bond with his hometown and on the suggestions that the land of origin offered to his career as an artist, technologist and scientist.
In this perspective, the documents on loan from the State Archives of Florence are presented, which unequivocally reconstruct the very first events of Leonardo's life in Vinci, and the first known drawing he realized, 'Paesaggio 8P' dated 5 August 1473, kept at the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints of the Uffizi Galleries in Florence.
The exhibition of the notarial register of Leonardo's great-grandfather on the last page, the grandfather Antonio da Vinci noted the birth, after that of his sons, of the first nephew, Leonardo, of great interest to the biographical section. to the cadastral records of the da Vinci family relating to childhood and the artist's early youth.
In the section dedicated to the youthful drawing of "Landscape" of 1473, already identified as a representation of the Valdinievole and part of the Lower Valdarno, the suggestions offered to the young Leonardo from his homeland are documented.
In fact, the image constitutes a real "palimpsest" of all of Leonardo's future work, so much so that it is already possible to see his profound interest in nature, his fascination with water and his whirling movement, his research in the field geological and cartographic.
In this context, a reading of the drawing is offered from several points of view, from the artistic-historical to the historical-geographical, highlighting the thematic elements present in relation to Leonardo's subsequent scientific, technical and engineering research.
The course includes multimedia creations and reconstructions of Leonardo's projects related to the territory of Vinci and Lower Valdarno. Set up inside one of the two sites of the Leonardian Museum, the Conti Guidi Castle, the exhibition therefore integrates with part of the collection of machines and models of the museum collection relating to water studies, hydraulic engineering and cartographic representation of the Valdarno lower.
A series of workshops and guided tours are also available, which can be consulted on the Leonardian Museum website
The exhibition, co-organized with the Uffizi Galleries, focuses on Leonardo's biographical bond with his hometown and on the suggestions that the land of origin offered to his career as an artist, technologist and scientist.
In this perspective, the documents on loan from the State Archives of Florence are presented, which unequivocally reconstruct the very first events of Leonardo's life in Vinci, and the first known drawing he realized, 'Paesaggio 8P' dated 5 August 1473, kept at the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints of the Uffizi Galleries in Florence.
The exhibition of the notarial register of Leonardo's great-grandfather on the last page, the grandfather Antonio da Vinci noted the birth, after that of his sons, of the first nephew, Leonardo, of great interest to the biographical section. to the cadastral records of the da Vinci family relating to childhood and the artist's early youth.
In the section dedicated to the youthful drawing of "Landscape" of 1473, already identified as a representation of the Valdinievole and part of the Lower Valdarno, the suggestions offered to the young Leonardo from his homeland are documented.
In fact, the image constitutes a real "palimpsest" of all of Leonardo's future work, so much so that it is already possible to see his profound interest in nature, his fascination with water and his whirling movement, his research in the field geological and cartographic.
In this context, a reading of the drawing is offered from several points of view, from the artistic-historical to the historical-geographical, highlighting the thematic elements present in relation to Leonardo's subsequent scientific, technical and engineering research.
The course includes multimedia creations and reconstructions of Leonardo's projects related to the territory of Vinci and Lower Valdarno. Set up inside one of the two sites of the Leonardian Museum, the Conti Guidi Castle, the exhibition therefore integrates with part of the collection of machines and models of the museum collection relating to water studies, hydraulic engineering and cartographic representation of the Valdarno lower.
A series of workshops and guided tours are also available, which can be consulted on the Leonardian Museum website
