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_Museums, Art Galleries and Libraries with works by Leonardo da Vinci |
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Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
Art gallery with the most extensive and astounding collection of drawings and texts by Leonardo da Vinci.
The collection comprises 1750 drawings on 1119 pages bound into 12 volumes.
e-mail : info@ambrosiana.it
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National Gallery, London
Home to one of the world’s major collections of European artworks. The collection is considered to belong to the whole world and is therefore open to the public free of charge.
e-mail : information@ng-london.org.uk
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Uffizi Gallery, Florence
One of the most famous museums in the world, thanks to its extraordinary collections of paintings and antique sculptures. The gallery is situated on the top floor of the large building constructed between 1560 and 1580 on plans by Giorgio Vasari to serve as the main administrative offices for the state of Tuscany.
e-mail : direzione.uffizi@polomuseale.firenze.it
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Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome, Italy
Vatican Art Gallery. Home to a large part of the world’s artistic output.
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British Library, London
The British Library in London is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the largest in the world.
e-mail: Visitor-Services@bl.uk
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National Library, Madrid, Spain
Founded in 1712, this is Spain’s national library and one of the largest in the country.
e-mail: acceso@bne.es
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Musée du Louvre, Paris
Opened to the public in 1793, the Louvre is the embodiment of the concept of a "universal" institution and is one of the few museums receiving an average of 6 million visitors per year.
e-mail : fourteau@louvre.fr
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Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Built in the 18th century as a Winter Palace for Empress Catherine II, it was opened to the public in 1852. Some of Leonardo’s most important paintings are housed here.
e-mail: visitorservices@hermitage.ru |
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The Victoria and Albert Museum is the largest museum of art and design in the world, with a collection that includes some of the most incredible artifacts in history. From 14 September 2006 to January 2007 it will be host to an exhibition on Leonardo’s projects and experiments.
e-mail: nal.enquiries@vam.ac.uk
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The Getty
The J. Paul Getty Museum exhibits visual artworks for a target audience that includes both professionals and the general public. On display are two drawings by Leonardo: a caricature (1495) and Christ with a Lamb (1503).
e-mail: gettymuseum@getty.edu |
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Has two works by Leonardo in its permanent collection: a Head of the Virgin (1508-1512) and a manuscript dating from 1480–1485 with designs for a Nativity or an Adoration of the Christ Child.
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Czartoryski Museum, Krakow
The Czartoryski Museum was founded in 1796 by Princess Izabela Czartoryska for the conservation of Poland’s national heritage. In 1798, Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Izabela’s son, journeyed to Italy and bought the "Lady with the Ermine" by Leonardo da Vinci.
e-mail: info@czartoryski.org |
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National Gallery of Art - Washington D.C.
The National Gallery of Art houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and works on paper from the Middle Ages to the present. By Leonardo are the painting Ginevra de' Benci and a drawing.
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Alte Pinakothek
e-mail: info@pinakothek.de |
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Galleria Borghese, Rome
e-mail: info.servizimusei@libero.it |
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Galleria Nazionale, Parma
e-mail: sbsae-pr@beniculturali.it |
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_Sites with “galleries” of paintings, manuscripts and technical drawings by Leonardo |
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British
Library
e-mail: Press-and-PR@bl.uk
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http://library.thinkquest.org/3044/index.html
Site about Leonardo, in English, with a large number of his artistic drawings and studies. Small images.
e-mail: Leonardo@Claudville.com |
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http://gallery.euroweb.hu/
Themed archive of images relating to Leonardo’s activities.
e-mail: wga@wga.hu
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http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/
leonardo_da_vinci.html
Collection of artistic and technical drawings by Leonardo. Medium resolution.
e-mail: jmalyon@artcyclopedia.com |
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Leonardo da Vinci, Gallery of Paintings and Drawings
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Project Gutenberg
e-mail: help@pglaf.org |
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_Museum and Library sites with sections dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci |
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Science Museum, Boston
Interesting site for the section on Leonardo, but also for other information to be found elsewhere within the site on various aspects of his activities; games and interactive facilities recommended for teaching purposes.
e-mail: information@mos.org
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Museo di Vinci
Here you can find a list and descriptions of the reconstructions of Leonardo’s machines on display in the museum, as well as biographical notes and information on his birthplace.
e-mail: info@museoleonardiano.it |
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Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
The Institute and Museum of the History of Science was founded in 1927 by the University of Florence to collect, catalog and restore antique instruments and tools of historical and scientific interest.
e-mail: elena@imss.fi.it
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American Museum of Natural History
From October '96 to January '97, this museum hosted an exhibition on Leonardo’s manuscripts, in particular the Codex Leicester, written between 1506 and 1510.
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Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci
New “ideas museum” for learning about Leonardo as artist, scientist, inventor and designer.
e-mail: info@museoleonardo.it
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Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci"
The museum has a section known as the "Leonardo Gallery", which houses 30 machines for civil and military use constructed on the basis of Leonardo’s designs.
e-mail: info@museoscienza.org |
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_Other interesting sites about Leonardo |
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ArtOnline
On-line magazine which has dedicated a “special issue” to Leonardo as an artist.
e-mail: art.redazione@artonline.it
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Mottos,
novels and predictions by Leonardo da Vinci
e-mail: contic@hotmail.com
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Webcom
Math site with description of the calculator possibly designed by Leonardo.
e-mail: calcmach@actcom.net.il
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I codici di Leonardo da Vinci
Presented by the Edizione Nazionale dei Manoscritti e dei Disegni in a stupendous publication by Giunti Editore. The first and only facsimile reproductions, identical to the originals. Site with a wealth of information on Leonardo, his masterpieces, drawings and manuscripts, with index to individual works.
e-mail: progettoleonardo@giunti.it |
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Historical Vegetarians & Advocates of Vegetarianism
Anecdotes about Leonardo’s vegetarianism.
e-mail: ftedaldi@ivu.org
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Georgehart
Leonardo da Vinci's Polyhedra
e-mail: george@georgehart.com |
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Leonardo’s "real" Last Supper
An impassioned personal page on Leonardo and his works.
e-mail: marquee@tin.it |
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Ocaiw
Good collection of works by artists of all periods.
e-mail: ocentaro@ocaiw.com
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Mona Lisa Images for a Modern World
e-mail: mona-web@studiolo.org
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LiberLiber
Site of the Manuzio Project. Free downloads of the text on Leonardo, "Aphorisms, short stories, prophecies" and the "Treatise on Painting". |
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Wikipedia
Wikiquote
Wikimedia
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BBC |
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Imagination Factory
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Leonardo da Vinci in Milan |
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Vitruvian Man
e-mail: info@klaus-schroeer.de
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Why is the Mona Lisa Smiling? |
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Le mirabilissime invenzioni
e-mail: info@mirabilissimeinvenzioni.com
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The Battle of Anghiari
e-mail: info@anghiari.it |
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The bicycle and the car
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Leonardo's machines
e-mail: ganiccol@tiscali.it |
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The Ideal City
e-mail: info@lacittaideale.org
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Leonardo.Virtual.Museum
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Universal Leonardo
Universal Leonardo is a programme aimed at deepening our understanding of Leonardo da Vinci through a series of European exhibitions, scientific research and web-based resources.
e-mail: contic@hotmail.com
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La mente di Leonardo
Web-site of the exhibition about Leonardo. Galleria degli Uffici, Florence - 28/3/2006 to 7/1/2007
e-mail: imss@imss.fi.it |