Extended until January 26, 2025
Almost as ingenious as the work
of the master himself
He still fascinates us today. Leonardo, the man from Vinci, a small town in what is now the province of Florence. “uomo universale”, the universal man, is what Leonardo da Vinci was called in Italy. He stands for the ideal image of man at the time of the Renaissance. What distinguishes him from many of his famous contemporaries such as Michelangelo, Raphael or Botticelli is his universality. He made precise observations and developed groundbreaking ideas, from painting to a wide variety of engineering arts, mathematics and anatomy. This makes him the first “uomo universale”.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF:
AN EXPERIENCE OF A SPECIAL KIND
A fantastic show on Europe’s largest round 360° screen
At the Visiodrom there is of course also an immersive Leonardo da Vinci show to match. Creative and visually stunning, Leonardo’s works are wrapped in fantastic new worlds of color, paired with varied music. The show brings Leonardo’s machines to life, showing his fantastic studies and drawings as well as all 17 paintings, from the Mona Lisa to the Last Supper.
The Leonardo show was created by the same creative team that staged the Monet show so impressively.
You can expect an enormously varied exhibition
Real models of his inventions, detailed background information and digital experience tours make Leonardo da Vinci easy to understand. All exhibits are also available as virtual 3D models for your own cell phone to take with you. You don’t need more than your own cell phone for the new digital adventure tours. Art enthusiasts, fans of engineering and children will get their money’s worth here in various levels of difficulty and discover Leonardo’s work at their own pace. And there will also be an augmented reality tour on the popular Skywalk of the Gaskessel Wuppertal, where you can discover Leonardo’s machines and designs in surprising places.
ODYSSEY OF KNOWLEDGE
Codices – the collection of his life
Throughout his life, Leonardo recorded his thoughts, observations and ideas in notebooks. Current research estimates that he left behind between 10,000 and 13,000 pages, in addition to his manuscripts, with an estimated 100,000 sketches and drawings on all subjects.
SCIENCE
Strong partners for a unique project
The exhibition was accompanied academically by Dr. Hiram Kümper. He is Professor of Late Medieval and Early Modern History at the University of Mannheim.
The exhibition is also supported by Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences. The Department of Engineering and Mathematics there has decades of experience with the subject of Leonardo through its “DA VINCI – Moving Inventions” project. The models that can now be experienced in Wuppertal have already been the highlights of various Leonardo exhibitions in museums throughout Europe.
“LEONARDO DA VINCI – UOMO UNIVERSALE”
Facts and figures on the new dimension:
- Term until January 26, 2025
- Immersive projection show on Europe’s largest 360° screen
- 6,500 m² projection area (more than a soccer pitch)
- 47 m high screen
- 33 High-power laser projectors
- on 6 projection surfaces including floor and ceiling projection
- more than 65 million native pixels
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