LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519

Leonardo da VINCI Vinci, 1452–Amboise, 1519 A Sheet of Miscellaneous Studies Stylus, compass, red chalk, pen and brown ink on paper About 1490 The large study sheet from the CodexWindsor is sym- bolic of the extent of Leonardo’s intellectual and artistic interest in science. It is centred on the construction of the curvilinear triangle but freely superimposes a wide range of subjects – geometry, botany, meteorolo- gy, technology – together with figure studies, reflecting the profound unity of the artist’s world. The Royal Collection, Windsor, RL 12283, loaned by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Leonardo da VINCI Vinci, 1452–Amboise, 1519 Meteorology and Zoology Left-hand page: The Wind and Clouds Right-hand page: The Fly Pen and brown ink on paper About 1510–1511/1515 On the left-hand page, Leonardo studies the various ways in which clouds react to the wind. He shows, for example, that when two opposing winds blow two clouds towards each other, they combine to form a third. On the right- hand page, he studies the flight of a fly. Institut de France, Paris, Manuscript G, fol. 91v–92r 0 81 0 82