David Beckett's Blog - Posts Tagged "da-vinci"
For those in Paris:
Per (AFP) "Leonardo da Vinci's famous mechanical lion is on display for a month, in a tribute to the Renaissance master 500 years after his death.
The lion, which is two metres (six feet, seven inches) high and three metres long and made of wood with a metal mechanism, is a reconstruction based on a sketch left by da Vinci.
The original automaton, long since lost, was designed by da Vinci on a commission from Pope Leo X to amuse French king Francois I.
Da Vinci studied the flight of birds and how understanding the mechanism could lead to the creation of a human flying machine.
His lion is on display at the Italian Cultural Institue."
The lion, which is two metres (six feet, seven inches) high and three metres long and made of wood with a metal mechanism, is a reconstruction based on a sketch left by da Vinci.
The original automaton, long since lost, was designed by da Vinci on a commission from Pope Leo X to amuse French king Francois I.
Da Vinci studied the flight of birds and how understanding the mechanism could lead to the creation of a human flying machine.
His lion is on display at the Italian Cultural Institue."
