Abstract:Five hundred years after his death, the figure of Leonardo da Vinci continues transmitting his tireless desire to know and learn. Leonardo is the symbol of a century in which progress impacted, shattering the thickness of dogmas. In the Quattrocento, the doors were opened, ideas spread and still feed us, clear our path, and enlighten us. Florence, in Leonardo's time, was the Silicon Valley of the Renaissance. Leonardo studied the dynamics of water flow in rivers, using colors to show the flow patterns, thus de… Show more
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