Lo and behold, art aficionados. ArtScience Museum will be home to six original masterpieces by the brilliant Leonardo da Vinci, as well as important sketches from his notebook Codex Atlanticus this November.
The rare, six-months-long exhibition, titled Da Vinci: Shaping the Future, centres on five key domains of da Vinci’s mastery: mathematics, natural sciences, technology, architecture and music. The masterpieces on show include the Saint John the Baptist (circa 1480-1524), The Adoration of Saint Roch (circa 1520-1530), and Portrait of a Lady (circa 1490-1495), and they will be travelling from Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan, Italy, organised in association with Foundation Cardinale Federico Borromeo.
Beyond the paintings, da Vinci’s original drawings and writings in the Codex Atlanticus – 26 pages of it, to be exact – will also be on display, offering insights to the genius’ fascinating mind and his observations. Amongst the highlights is the Mechanical Wing (circa 1490), a drawing modeled on the wings of birds that formed the basis for the construction of modern aircraft.
