The Project
Le Vie di Leonardo Da Vinci
The “Le Vie di Leonardo Da Vinci” project is to build a Network that involves, intertwines and makes the places (cities, nations) participate where Leonardo himself lived, where his works are found today and where activities related to him are carried out, as well as all those (associations, entities, people) who today work in the field of innovation, territory, school, art and tourism from the point of view of the Universal Genius.
Leonardo's life is a Network
Leonardo's life, with his travels, his contacts, starting from Vinci until his death in France, constitutes a large network in itself, from Vinci to Amboise. Leonardo also shows, in various drawings, a particular interest in Europe, but also in the Orient (Asia and Africa), particularly Armenia, Libya, Egypt, and even contemplates a journey to India.
In Italy they are over 100 Leonardo cities, that is, places somehow linked to the great Genius. Each city captures a moment in his life, including drawings, fortifications, activities undertaken, workshops, meetings with scholars of the time, the founding of his Academy, and the reclamation of marshes.
His works are a Network
His works can be found today in 15 countries. The history of his drawings, at least half of which have been lost or not yet reached us, is moreover symptomatic of their diffusion in various countries and the different changes of ownership. Besides Italy and France, the countries involved are Austria, Vatican City, Germany, England, Holland, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Hungary and even the USA.
A New Humanism
Leonardo's drawing of Human Proportions is a universal symbol for the new Humanism, to make the values of the past current in the present and in the prospects of planning the future in the spirit of the European Union.
