''Leonardo. 500 Years into the Future'', September 27, 2008 - January 4, 2009

Area:	Museum
Start:	27 September 2008
End:	4 January 2009
Description:	"Renaissance Engineers from Brunelleschi to Leonardo da Vinci" and "The Mind of Leonardo" are displayed together in San José for the first time ever in an exhibition called "Leonardo. 500 Years into the Future". Such events, that enjoyed terrific success on the international scene, represent two independent but perfectly complementary endeavours. Because of their coherence in concept, design and communication strategies, the twin exhibitions offer visitors the unique occasion to admire Leonardo in context and to penetrate the secrets of a mind that conceived and achieved results so extraordinary that they fully justify the universal admiration for the genius of Vinci. "Leonardo: 500 Years into the Future" is also displaying the gigantic model of the Sforza Monument, as well as two original paintings from Leonardo's circle kept in the Uffizi Gallery: the so-called "Leda Spiridon" and "The Virgin and Child with St. Anne" by Gian Giacomo Caprotti. The exhibition, conceived by the Institute and Museum of the History of Science, is promoted by the Tech Museum of Innovation, the Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino, the Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze and Opera Laboratori Fiorentini Spa.
Link:	www.thetech.org/leonardo/

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