Recommended by Ar. Hong Lim Foo to give it the Da Vinci The Genius exhibition a visit (S$ 15/= Ouch...), Julie and Wei Yin decided to give it a try on August 2nd, 2009. We went from 3pm till 6pm and it still isn't enough time to digest it all! Truly an exhibition for the inquisitive mind.
That seems to be the only place where we could take a photo!
A trip to the Da Vinci exhibition was really an eye opener. It was really interesting to observe not just the exhibition but the people around us as well. We would have taken lots of photos to share but alas, cameras are forbidden.
Anyway, upon entering the gallery, we were greeted with a wall full of words on a brief description of Da Vinci's early days. Feeling intimidated by the wallpaper of words, one would usually just give it a pass but NO, the visitor literally just stopped and stood, reading every word of it. The reading culture of Singaporeans are an eye opener itself.
"There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see. "
- Leonardo da Vinci
Da Vinci's timeline was mapped on the wall for all to read with little reproductions of his works littered around the exhibition space. (He was actually an illegitimate son hence no one taught him how to write the right way 0_o) We learn that nature is his biggest inspiration and most of his works are done simply by studying nature itself and that includes plants, animals and even human.
"Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous. "
- Leonardo da Vinci
Personally, I felt most intrigued by the mysteries that shrouds Mona Lisa. Why was it one of Da Vinci's most famous works? Apparently, it's not complete in the eyes of Da Vinci. The Mona Lisa we see today is not in it's original colour and by using today's technology, we see a more vividly coloured painting. More information can be found here.
"Art is never finished, only abandoned."
- Leonardo da Vinci
Da Vinci was brilliant! He was an Italian polymath, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. He wasn't alone though, he had Michelangelo as a rival!
More to come in the next post! In the mean time, why not read up about Da Vinci from Wikipedia by clicking here!
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