Vinci, Leonardo and Italian excellence

Let’s go to Vinci for a trip, it’s winter, it’s cold, but when the sun shines the need to go somewhere green becomes a must: Vinci is the winner city  of this daytrip, a small town located on the Montalbano hills – and we’re obviously talking about the birthplace of Leonardo ‘da Vinci’. Vinci landscapes and Leonardo will be the protagonists of the following pics:

Vinci, Tuscany
Vinci, Tuscany
Leonardo Souvenir
Leonardo Souvenir
Vinci, Tuscany
Vinci, Tuscany
The Vitruvian man - Vinci view
The Vitruvian man – Vinci view

imagehere you can visit a sort of dislocated museum, in the sense that there are several units which are part of the ‘Museum of Leonardo’ in the city of Vinci.

The first visit to do is the Castle of the Guidi Counts in the city center: here you can have a taste of the exhibitions:

rotable crane - first model used to build the Florence' s Dom
rotable crane – first model used to build the Florence’ s Dome
crane in action
crane in action
Four spindle spinning machine
Four spindle spinning machine
Gold-beating machine, Vinci Museum
Gold-beating machine, Vinci Museum

here you are the wooden series: instrumental tools and shapes, a tank model, Leonardo’s wheels studies applied to a bicycle

image

Wooden Tank model by Leonardo Da Vinci
Wooden Tank model by Leonardo Da Vinci
Mechanical wing model by Leonardo da Vinci
Mechanical wing model by Leonardo da Vinci
image
Wooden structure representing the tool and crane used to build the top of the Dome of Florence
Shades and lights reflecting the Vitruvian Man

Then the series of work of arts dedicated to the painting and the study of perspective:

Reflection and perspective with Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
Reflection and perspective with Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
The study of wheels - wooden machines by Leonardo
The study of wheels – wooden machines by Leonardo

Here is the Leonardo’s painting in which he was able to introduce the power of linear perspective to go towards naturalism in painting. You can see the deepth of the landscape and natural pose of the characters by looking at it moving to the right, from Mary’s point of view: if you do so, you can enjoy the very point of view and right perspective:

Leonardo's Annunciation
Leonardo’s Annunciation

image

Trip to Anchiano, birthplace of Leonardo
Trip to Anchiano, birthplace of Leonardo

image image

Books and videos about Leonardo history by Archivio Luce
Books and videos about Leonardo history by Archivio Luce

image image image

#NoteOfTheDay by Rag’n’Bone Human