Leonardo Da Vinci:
Drawings From The Biblioteca Reale In Turin
Collection of the Biblioteca Reale, Turin, and used with permission of the
Ministero per i Beni e le Attivitą Culturali. Photograph by Fabrizio Fenucci
/ Y.Press srl
Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings from the Biblioteca Reale in Turin were exhibited at the Birmingham Museum of Art in Alabama from September 28 – November 9, 2008 and at the De Young Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco November 15, 2008 – January 2009.
The works encompass one of Leonardo’s most celebrated notebooks, the Codes on the Flight of Birds, and 11 important drawings, including one described by Bernard Berenson as the “most beautiful drawing in the world.” The drawings had never before traveled as a group, nor in their entirety been made available outside of Italy. This exhibition provided a rare glimpse into the mind f the greatest draftsman of all time, whose designs still fascinate and challenge us today. Often called “the universal genius, Leonardo is recognized for his restless, inventive mind and the drawings in Turin illustrate in microcosm the extensive range of his interests.
