Da Vinci Machines Exhibit

We went to see the Da Vinci Machines exhibit at Perimeter Pointe last Saturday. I've been interested to see this since I first saw the ticket deal on Groupon. Bonus that it's less than 10 minutes away from the apartment. We know that Leondardo Da Vinci imagined and invented so many things in his lifetime and to see some of his ideas built in real life was awesome.

We were just in time to catch the last guided tour of the day. Our guide walked us through the exhibit, including scale models of Leonardo's inventions that we still use today like the parachute, life preserver and elements of the modern engine. Leonardo also did the first autopsy and create detailed drawings of human anatomy, including the very famous Vitruvian Man.

A side feature of this exhibit are prints of paintings by Michaelangelo, including the Mona Lisa. We even got to meet Michaelangelo himself.=)

These large paintings below are copies of Renaissance paintings done in color pencil(!) by self-taught artist Edmund Bazan. The tour guide said Bazan approached him after one of his tours and said he had these reproductions. The guide was skeptical at first and asked the artist to bring one in. He was impressed and next thing he know, they were retrieving paintings from basements and storage units which are now part of this traveling exhibit. It was one of the highlights for me.

I got the tickets from Groupon and on the day we decided to go, I found out that it has expired. We called the merchant and I was glad to hear they would still honor it.=)

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