If you are a da Vinci fan that is planning on finding a luxury villa in Florence this Autumn, be sure to pencil a visit to the Uffizi Gallery into your trip.
The Uffizi is to host the Codex Leicester in an exhibition, celebrating the 500th anniversary of da Vinci’s death, from the 29th of October 2018 to the 20th of January 2019, giving you plenty of time to plan a trip that will overlap with the show!
Called, “The Codex Leicester. Water, Nature’s Microscope”, it is to be curated by the Museo Galileo’s director Paolo Galluzzi and has been made possible due to a loan of the object by Bill Gates, who has been its owner since 1994.
The Uffizi is to host the Codex Leicester in an exhibition, celebrating the 500th anniversary of da Vinci’s death, from the 29th of October 2018 to the 20th of January 2019, giving you plenty of time to plan a trip that will overlap with the show!
Called, “The Codex Leicester. Water, Nature’s Microscope”, it is to be curated by the Museo Galileo’s director Paolo Galluzzi and has been made possible due to a loan of the object by Bill Gates, who has been its owner since 1994.
The manuscript will go on display in the Aula Magliabechiana inside the Uffizi Gallery and features da Vinci's notes and drawings on his scientific experiments and studies in geology, mechanics and astronomy from 1504 to 1508. As the title of the exhibition suggests, water is at the centre of the codex and there are many different observations of its movements, effects and more throughout the manuscript.
As part of the exhibition, accompanying the manuscript, a multimedia setup called the Codescope will be utilised to allow visitors to “leaf” through the pages of the text themselves, read transcriptions and learn about the themes explored. In addition, there will be other extraordinary drawings by Leonardo on display that were executed around the same time as the codex.
This will be the first time in 20 years that the Leonardo Codex will be on display in Italy, back in the birthplace of the Renaissance that is Florence, and is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to take in such an extraordinary exhibition. Leonardo fans need to make a point to come see it for themselves – they won't be disappointed!
As part of the exhibition, accompanying the manuscript, a multimedia setup called the Codescope will be utilised to allow visitors to “leaf” through the pages of the text themselves, read transcriptions and learn about the themes explored. In addition, there will be other extraordinary drawings by Leonardo on display that were executed around the same time as the codex.
This will be the first time in 20 years that the Leonardo Codex will be on display in Italy, back in the birthplace of the Renaissance that is Florence, and is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to take in such an extraordinary exhibition. Leonardo fans need to make a point to come see it for themselves – they won't be disappointed!