The odd fortune of Leonardo da Vinci

Forget Coach and Gucci. From the 15th century, a bag designed by Da Vinci possessed a gorgeous and unique fashion beauty.

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) is a painter, a scientist, inventor, genius engineer. But he is also an architect, writer and even a musician. But according to the latest findings, he also designed fashion.

Draft outline

After months of careful research, scholars have recreated some torn sketches of a very special bag model due to the design genius of about 1497.

According to Discovery News , the sketch was first published in 1978 by a leading scholar of Da Vinci, Carlo Pedretti. Carlo has found this interesting document among tens of thousands of drawings by Atlantic Code.

After more than three decades, the final sketch was restored and reworked by two scholars Agnese Sabato and Alessandro Vezzosi, in which Vezzosi is Ideale Museum Director in Tuscan city, where da Vinci was born. in 1452.

Sketches of Leonardo da vinci Pretiosa bag

'He designed some fashion accessories, but this bag is really unique. It combines aesthetics and functionality in a harmonious way , 'Vezzosi shared on Discovery News.

Pretiosa

Known as 'Pretiosa' (meaning 'precious' at the time), this bag has been crafted by the famous Florentine (Italian) Gheradini fashion house and displayed at Pitti Fashion Week. . Legend has it that Da Vinci's Mona Lisa was one of the original ancestors of the Gheradini family.

'The design of this bag is very attractive, very modern in a nostalgic form. It is also very handy and can accommodate many things, ' said Gheradini representative. Its design mimics the prayer platform of the 'Ceremony' , adorned with floral and spiral patterns stylized as a metaphor for scripture scrolls. At the same time, Pretiosa also possesses an extremely strange lock style, never seen before.

Described by contemporary historian Paolo Giovio as 'the person who answers all questions about beauty and elegance' , Leonardo has his own original ideas about fashion. 'He strongly opposed stereotypes, burdensome and overly decorated , ' Vezzosi added.

Really fashion

In an age where everyone wore very long robes, folded into layers in bears, Da Vinci wore only a knee-length rose-colored robe, an anonymous document from the early 16th century. reveal. Da Vinci also once vehemently criticized the costumes of the time as 'bundle to podium level'.

That is not to mention shoes.'They are so tight that their toes are squeezed together and filled with bottles' , Da Vinci complained.

'Leonardo is always different. It is not surprising that he did not follow the fashion trends of the time. He has his own style, so he is really fashionable , 'said the scholars.

Both beautiful and usable, creative and provocative, the 'Pretiosa' bag really stands out in Renaissance fashion. Mr. Vezzosi believed that Leonardo had many other sketches about the Pretiosa bag, but unfortunately, they were lost.