Leonardo da Vinci: Exhibition in Melbourne awards legendary painter

At The Lume Gallery, the exhibition “Leonardo da Vinci – 500 Years of Genius”, dedicated to exploring the life of the Italian painter, was inaugurated. The exhibition held in Melbourne, Australia, highlights its innovation, art and timeless genius, while visitors have the unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the world and the history of the life of the Italian polymaths of Renaissance Leonardo da Vinci with original pages from the Atlantic Code, which he wrote. Artist, inventor, scientist, philosopher and musician, Leonardo da Vinci not only created masterpieces that were never surpassed for their beauty, technique and anatomical accuracy. His pioneering contribution to architecture, engineering and flight, laid the foundations for many modern innovations, is highlighted in the exhibition’s description at The Lume Gallery at the Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Center. As part of the experience first presented in Australia original pages from Leonardo da Vinci Codex Atlanticus’ invaluable notebooks, revealing his insatiable curiosity covering anatomy, engineering, flying machines and hydraulic systems, it is noted and clarified that this is not a typical visit to art galleries, but an entry into a riveting, digital world where the lines between art and reality blur. Involving all senses with images, sounds, smells, touch and taste, the complex chronological narrative recreates the atmosphere of the Renaissance. The most famous works of art in the world, Mona Lisa and Last Supper come to life on a colossal canvas of THE LUME Gallery, in whose spaces the “mechanical inventions” are also presented, lends from the Leonardo da Vinci Museum in Rome and interactive facilities. They can still admire the unique 360° copy of the most famous portrait in the world and remove its layers to bring to light discoveries from its 15-year creation. In this experience the multispectral camera technology of the visual engineer, advisor to the Louvre, Pascal Kot, is used, which reveals “results [that] break down many myths and change our vision of Leonardo’s masterpiece forever”, as he said.