4 giant 'treasures' of Leonardo Da Vinci: The solution after 500 hundred years

Leonardo da Vinci was identified as one of the greatest omnipotent geniuses in human history.

Born in Tuscany (Central Italy), Leonardo da Vinci's full name is Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci , meaning "Leonardo, son of Ser Piero, from Vinci".

At the time, Leonardo da Vinci was a very curious person, he always questioned everything around and tried to find answers to his questions. Not only do you leave behind hundreds of years of fascinating artworks like "Mona Lisa", "Last Supper" ., Leonardo da Vinci is also an outstanding talent, always has ideas / invented the era.

In order to understand the great research and dedication of "almighty genius" , the group of foreign researchers has written an article entitled "Four Ways Leonardo Da Vinci Was Well Ahead of His Time" (roughly translated: Tri wisdom beyond Leonardo Da Vinci's era).

Leonardo da Vinci's talent and dedication is like a treasure in the treasure of knowledge and art of mankind.(Source: Sciencealert).

Leonardo da Vinci is one of the Renaissance heroes (from the 15th century to the 17th century) and is one of the greatest omnipotent geniuses in human history.

When the whole world commemorates 500 years of his death, the important thing that the poster needs to know is that, Leonardo da Vinci is not just a great painter, a great sculptor or a great engineer, he there is also a great wisdom ahead of its time.

1. Visual illusion - "Great trick" in Da Vinci's portrait art

Leonardo da Vinci is a pioneer in the study of physiology. He was the one who introduced the concept of "moti mentali" in the "Codex Urbinae" (written from 1452 to 1519).

Moti mentali can be understood as a momentary mental state, thoughts and emotions of a person. For Da Vinci, the portrait artist's talent shows in not only portraying the perfect portrait, but also "sculpting" the emotions inside, the spirit of the drawing appearing in the picture.

Because of that, Leonardo da Vinci has created a "vague" expression in each of his portraits. He developed the "sfumato" technique (the Italian word meaning "vanish like smoke") for this purpose. In sfumato, the transition from light to dark, or from one color to another, he performed extremely subtly to soften or obscure sharp edges.

This painting technique, though not invented by Da Vinci, has "transformed" and produced unique works. Andrea del Verrocchio, Da Vinci's teacher, must also admit that Da Vinci's sfumato technique is completely different from all other artists.

In particular, in the portraits he painted, one could not tell which colors ended, which color began. The way he used delicate, meticulous colors, was surprisingly thick.

In the painting "La Bella Principessa" (Beautiful Princess), the Center for Research and Restoration of the French Museum and European Synchrotron Radiation Facility collaborate and point out that Leonardo da Vinci used up to 30 varnish layer to achieve subtle shadows around the mouth of La Bella Principessa.

In particular, each of these layers is only half as thick as a human hair. The study produced similar results on the Mona Lisa's mouth in the same name painting.

Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" painting (from 1503 to 1506).(Source: Internet).

Leonardo da Vinci's outstanding thing is to incorporate science into art to create visual illusions in his paintings.

That is why, the posterity so far is still "crazy" to decipher Mona Lisa's mysterious smile. Because people still have doubts about how the Mona Lisa really smiles or not: When I look deeply into her eyes, I see her smiling. But when I turned my eyes to her lips, that smile went off!

The way he "played" visually and the human brain previewing his paintings was done in an era that took centuries later for scientists to understand the scientific mechanism behind it.

2. Math - "If not a mathematician, no one can understand me"

Although famous as a great painter with top artwork, Leonardo da Vinci always considers himself a scientist rather than a painter.

Mathematics - especially perspective, symmetry, proportions and geometry - had a significant impact on his paintings and drawings, and he was certainly a man ahead of his time in using it.

Leonardo da Vinci used the mathematical principles of linear perspective - parallel lines, horizon lines and a vanishing point - to create illusions of depth on a flat surface.

Da Vinci's "Last Supper " painting.(Source: Internet).

His "Last Supper" drawing (also known as "Last Supper") is a good example of the use of mathematics in perspective art. The interior architecture of the building of Jesus and the 12 apostles enjoy dinner, as well as the lines on the floor, creating a "disappearing point" , giving viewers a sense of the depth of the room. .

In Mathematics there exist some called "Golden Ratio" . The golden ratio was first recognized by mathematician Luca Pacoli (1445-1517), Da Vinci's friend in 1509, when he thought that the golden ratio made the paintings aesthetic and artistic. higher.

As for Da Vinci, the golden ratio is very important in providing accurate proportions as well as reinforcing the structure for the Mona Lisa painting.

Unfortunately, the importance of Mathematics was not properly recognized in Da Vinci's later works at the time and this made him obsessed.

It is said that, while drawing "Mona Lisa" , Da Vinci said: "If not a mathematician, no one will understand me."

3. Technique - The inventions beyond the age of "almighty genius"

Equally famous is Leonardo da Vinci's artwork, anatomical drawings, structural studies . that are beyond the age of the "almighty genius".

In the Renaissance era of the 15th and 16th centuries, people knew for the first time Da Vinci's warships, helicopters, parachutes, diving suits, war weapons . and of course , not everyone understands what he wants to convey, because hundreds of years later, the posterity catches up with his genius.

So why did Da Vinci's brain go far beyond that era? The answer comes from curiosity combined with the scientific principles and imagination that surpassed his era. As Einstein once said: "Logic only takes you from point A to point B, and imagination brings you everywhere."

Da Vinci produced superior sketches of levers, gears, pulleys, bearings and springs. There are also designs for giant bow (27 meters), a 33-barreled gun, bullets like today's "cluster bombs" , an "air screw" (1486-1490) that predicts ideas. about the helicopter, or Ornithopters - human-powered planes.

Prototype "tank" from the late 15th or 16th century of Da Vinci.(Source: Sciencealert).

In 1485, he produced a sketch of a prototype "tank", armored armor and the ability to shoot in all directions.

Although Da Vinci's "tank" was hard to come by because there were errors in the device as well as being too unmanageable, his inventions were so far ahead that it would take four centuries. , new tank ideas become practical through the development of lightweight and strong materials, such as steel and aluminum, and new energy sources in the form of fossil-fueled engines.

4. Water: "Important as human hot blood"

Leonardo da Vinci describes water as the "means of nature" (vetturale di natura) , water in the natural world as important as hot blood in the human body.

Therefore, from Da Vinci's first landscape paintings about a river (1473), to the famous Mona Lisa (1503) or his final sketch (1517-1518) . are country.

The landscape painting of Santa Maria della Neve by Da Vinci.(Source: Sciencealert).

However, Da Vinci was not fascinated by the art of water, what he wanted to learn was the dynamics of water: Swirling and swirling swirls above and below the water.

A versatile genius, eager to learn, Da Vinci can combine sophistication between his knowledge and abilities in art, design, science, philosophy and engineering to create ideas, copies. drafts and tools to test your hypotheses. He is said to be the first hydrologist to make hypotheses based on empirical evidence.

In the general scientific research called "Codex Leicester" (1510) - Leonardo da Vinci made 730 conclusions about the country. Thereby, Da Vinci made many contributions to modern water science and technology, including accurate description of the hydrological cycle, understanding the impact of flow rate on pressure .

500 years after the death of Leonardo da Vinci, his talent and dedication, like a treasure in the treasure of knowledge and art of mankind, still has to respect the posterity so far!

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