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Leonardo's Intellectual Cosmos at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, May 11 to July 17, 2021
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The exhibition "Leonardo's Inte
Leonardo's Intellectual Cosmos
Leonardo da Vinci is commonly known as the great inventor of creative machines, the artist of the famous d
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Since Leonardo's own books have unfortunately been lost over time, the exhibition organizers went on a detective hunt to reconstruct his lib
Through an innovative virtual exhibition visitors can discover some of the most precious books and illustrations of Leonardo's time and dive into the
DAV-4-axonometrie-210125.jpg, Click to Visit the Virtual Exhibition, https://leonardo-online.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/
Exhibition Catalogue
The exhibition is accompanied by a richly-illustrated catalogue including essays by leading Leonardo experts, available in German and in English
2021, Leonardo_catalogue.jpg, Leonardo's Intellectual Cosmos (EN), https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/resources/publications/books/leonardos-intellectual-cosmos
2021, Leonardo_cat_cover-de.jpg, Leonardos intellektueller Kosmos (DE), https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/resources/publications/books/leonardos-intellektueller-kosmos
Events
May 10, 2021, Leonardos Intellektueller Kosmos.png, Online Vernissage, https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/online-vernissage-leonardos-intellectual-cosmos
May 11–July 17, 2021, DAV-4-axonometrie-210125.jpg, Exhibition: Leonardo's Intellectual Cosmos, https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/leonardos-intellectual-cosmos
June 21, 2021, codex_forster_wikimedia_commons_leonardo_da_vinci_taccuino_forster_iii_1490_ca._02.jpg, Talk: Frank Fehrenbach, Leonardo's Manuscript Layout, entity:node/8122
May 26, 2021, leonardo Czech diary.jpg, Talk: Hana Gründler, "Leonardo" in Czech Art and Literature after 1945, entity:node/8075
June 28, 2021, Leonardo map.jpg, Music Evening, https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/finissage-leonardos-intellectual-cosmos
Images of the Exhibition
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Wissen im Entwurf
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Das Projekt (2005-2011) hat die Bedeutung des Schreiben und Zeichnens in komplexen und abstrakten Kulturen der modernen Wissenschaft untersucht. Die Website wird nicht weiter aktualisiert.
Knowledge in the Making
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This project (2005-11) traced the value of writing and drawing in the complex and abstract cultures of modern science and scholarship. The website is no longer maintained.
Tina Asmussen
Tina Asmussen gained her doctorate in Early Modern History from the University of Lucerne with a...
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Sietske Fransen
Sietske Fransen studied biology and medieval studies at Utrecht University, before receiving her...
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Hansun Hsiung
Hansun Hsiung combines methods from book history and the history of science to address fundament...
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Ion Gabriel Mihailescu
Ion Mihailescu studied History of Science at Harvard University, obtaining his PhD in 2018 with ...
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Visualization and Material Cultures of the Heavens in Eurasia and North Africa (4000 BCE–1700 CE)
No 53
Historian of science Sonja Brentjes reflects on how Sagittarius came to have a feline body and why the tip of its tail is a dragon’s head. Sagittarius, usually a Centaur, suddenly appears in the twelfth century in Eastern Iran with the body of a large cat, probably a tiger. Here, Sagittarius does not shoot his arrow forward but rather aims it at the dragon’s head on the tip of the cat’s tail. More than 1,000 years earlier, a human with a tiger’s body and long tail is depicted on a vase found in a Chinese tomb. The human throws a fire ball towards the tail. In 1188, the same motif appeared in a Georgian translation of a Persian book in the Caucasus Mountains. Could it be that this Chinese motif inspired the feline Sagittarius in Eastern Iran, which then moved westward?
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Visualisierung und materielle Kulturen des Himmels in Eurasien und Nordafrika (4000 v.u.Z.–1700 u.Z.)
No 53
Die Wissenschaftshistorikerin Sonja Brentjes fragt sich, wie der Schütze zu einem Katzenkörper und zu einem Schwanz mit einem Drachenkopf gekommen ist. Üblicherweise ein Kentaur, erscheint der Schütze plötzlich im zwölften Jahrhundert in Ostiran mit dem Körper einer Großkatze, vermutlich einem Tiger. Er schießt nicht vorwärts, sondern zielt auf den Drachenkopf am Schwanzende der Katze. Mehr als eintausend Jahre früher ist ein Mensch mit einem Tigerkörper und einem langen Schwanz auf einer Vase dargestellt, die in einem chinesischen Grab gefunden worden ist. Die menschliche Figur wirft einen Feuerball gegen das Schwanzende. Könnte es sein, dass dieses chinesische Motiv den felinen Schützen in Ostiran inspiriert hat, der dann nach Westen wanderte? Im Jahre 1188 erscheint dasselbe Motiv in einer grusinischen Übersetzung eines persischen Buches im Kaukasus.
Sonja Brentjes
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