Leonardo Da Vinci Exhibition At The Ronald Reagan Library And Museum (09/06/2019) - Room 3 Part 1

Thanks for stoppin' by and checkin' out the Bsombin' blog! As we continue touring the Da Vinci exhibit, we come to the third room. It was located downstairs and was divided into 4 parts (flying machines, musical instruments, The Last Supper, and a room with a mix of boats and other industrial inventions). 

The first section was what I was most interested in seeing. Da Vinci had a fascination with flying and designed a variety of flying machines in the Codex Atlanticus. A few of the designs had been built into models for the exhibit. And the models were incredible to see. All the models in the exhibition were amazing to look at and study. But the flying machines had my imagination going crazy. This section also had copies of pages from the Codex Atlanticus and illustrations explaining the designs, like the other rooms. There was so much to see in this room. The room made it hard to deny that Da Vinci was on a level all his own. The man's genius was unparalleled. I could talk about this room for days. But, I'll just let you look at it for yourself, even though the pictures don't really do it justice. 

We'll see some of Da Vinci's sonic inventions in the next room. And that will mark the half way point on the tour. After Da Vinci, we'll take at look as some of Ronald Reagan's stuff on the way out of the library. And then we'll move on to the Broad Museum.

Hopefully we'll be able to start visiting museums in person, again, soon. But, until then, I have a few more tours to share with you. So keep check back for more art, photography, poetry and more! 

Leonardo Da Vinci Exhibition At The Ronald Reagan Library And Museum (09/06/2019) - Room 2

 The second room on the tour was split in to two sections by a large partition with an opening to walk through. In the first part of the second room, a large wooden replica of Leonard Da Vinci's mechanical lion was displayed along with copies of pages from the Codex Atlanticus and illustrations explaining the design and structure of the mechanical lion. The lion was built by Da Vinci to walk before the king of France and present him with flowers.

The second part of the room was a lot larger than the first and had several models displayed in it. Displayed with each model were copies of the pages from the Codex and illustrations explaining the design and structure of the models. The designs ranged from industrial devices to military machines and showed how versatile and creative Da Vinci was as an artist and an inventor. Some of the designs that were built into models included a hydraulic saw, a perpetual motion engine, and a multi-gun battle ship. Although most of these designs weren't actually built by Da Vinci, it was impressive to see the amount of thought and detail he put into to each of the drawings and designs in the Codex Atlanticus. 

 

The next stop on the tour was my favorite part of the whole exhibit, by far. Room 3 was were Da Vinci's flying machines were! This room made me feel like this man might have been the first man to fly if he had been able to get his hands on the right materials to build these designs with. If the first two rooms had left any question in your mind as to wether or not this man was a genius, this room made it very clear that he was absolutely and undeniably a genius. It made me feel like I can build a set of these wings that would work. Who knows... Maybe one day in the future I'll posts a video of me flying around Los Angeles in a pair of Da Vinci's bat wings. For now, though, we'll just marvel at his brilliant designs in the next post.