Leonardo da Vinci Museum
- Dora Ozyurt
- Jun 23, 2024
- 3 min read
During my visit to Rome, of course, Leonardo Da Vinci's Museum was next. Leonardo's works are scattered around the world today, including London, Paris, Washington, Munich and Saint Petersburg. Therefore, it was a great chance to see his masterpieces and inventions in one place.
In the museum, you can listen to very detailed information about the work you are standing in front of in English, German, Italian, French and Spanish languages with your special headphones.
I have been to the Da Vinci Museum and its exhibitions in Istanbul and Milan before, but in this museum, Leonardo's 50 inventions and 15 works were handmade in their original size, using materials and techniques from 15th century Italy.
Leonardo's hundreds of pages of drawings were examined and 50 of his 150 designs were selected and made by expert masters.
The Mona Lisa, about which pages and books have been written, was the most photographed work here. I thought I wouldn't miss out and I had one taken :) The Mona Lisa is not a large-sized work as most of us think, it is only 76.8 × 53.0cm. I was very surprised when I saw it in the Louvre Museum.
I think Leonardo is the most genius person in the world. I think it's very sad that he is known to most people only as the painter of the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper.
Leonardo; He was a philosopher, an astronomer, an architect, an engineer, an inventor, a mathematician, an anatomist, a musician, a sculptor, a botanist, a geologist, a cartographer, a writer AND a painter.
He sketched the first designs of the automobile and bicycle and the mechanisms of the human-like robot. Since his biggest dream was to fly, he designed airplanes, helicopters, parachutes and wings, especially by studying bats and birds. He was one of the first cartographers. The Imola plan he drew was so detailed that it was as if he had boarded the helicopter he designed and drawn it from the sky.
Imola Plan
He was the first person to propose to separate pedestrian and vehicular traffic when there were no vehicles at all. He designed a bridge over the Golden Horn.
Since his other dream was to walk on water, he designed special shoes and designed the first submarine. Even without the hands of such a genius person, sparks of intelligence were of course reflected in his works.
He wrote these researches and inventions with the mirror method so that they could not be read by everyone. He wrote both from right to left and upside down. The only way to read was to use a mirror. You can also see examples of his notes in the museum.
After visiting this museum, you can understand once again how Leonardo's mind works and that his intelligence is limitless.
Since there were no cameras at that time, nobles and rich people had their portraits made. I think Leonardo was painting in order to get paid for his scientific work. Yes, he may have painted paintings to make money, but I think that Leonardo was a perfectionist and the smartest person in the world because he definitely spread the colors of intelligence overflowing from his head in his works.
Video demonstration of Leonardo Da Vinci's designs
When Leonardo, the most genius person who ever lived, left the world in 1519 at the age of 67, his last words were, "I have disappointed God and humanity because my work has not reached the quality it should be."
The museum experience was as if he had taken a 'Leonardo pill'. It's an experience where you realize you've learned a lot about Leonardo and his works when you leave. With a wonderful store with mini copies of Leonardo's works and designs, you can add the memory of traveling in the life of this genius to your own life. I added.
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