Join us virtually for an evening of convivial greetings, a talk exploring Leonardo's often-applied principle of analogy, and a panel discussion on how Leonardo's enormous body of work can be captured in just one exhibition. The opening will be streamed live on YouTube on May 10, 17:00–19:25.

We welcome discussion and questions from the audience via our YouTube Live Chat!

Please note amended program.
 

Program

The event will be moderated by Jürgen Renn.

17:00 Welcoming Remarks and Greetings
Michelle Müntefering
Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office

Michael Müller
Governing Mayor of Berlin

Alessandra Molina
Chargé d'Affaires of the Italian Embassy Berlin

Prof. Hermann Parzinger
President, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz

Prof. Paolo Galluzzi
Director, Museo Galileo Florence

Markus Reinhard
Executive Director, NOMIS Foundation

Dr. Barbara Schneider-Kempf
Director, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

Prof. Jürgen Renn
Director, Max Planck Institute for the
History of Science

17:45 Break

17:50 Talk
Value and Limits of the Analogical Method in the Work of Leonardo da Vinci
Prof. Alessandro Nova
Director, Kunsthistorisches Institut Florence

18:25 Pause

18:35 Panel Discussion: Exhibition Curators
Dr. Sabine Hoffmann
Art Historian and Curator

Prof. Serge von Arx
Architect of the Exhibition

Prof. Matteo Valleriani
Curator and Project Leader
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Prof. Jürgen Renn
Curator and Project Leader
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

ca. 19:25 End