Art Events

One art event that I went to was the museum opening and display of Leonardo Divinci inventions. I mostly paid attention to the inventions because of a certain video game series I like to play, and Leonardo Divinci and his inventions are in the sequel.

 One invention that I had no idea Divinci made was the printing press. The printing press is a machine that makes it more efficient to print news papers. In that time there was no TV or radio so everyone relied on the paper to inform them on what’s going on in their world. Another machine that Divinci made (that I had no idea that he made) is the hydraulic screw. This invention converted water movement into mechanical power. This would have been useful because since electricity hadn’t been invented, and some machines needed more than manmade power, then using nature to aid in the movement of a machine is the best way of getting the machine to work.

 One invention that I did recognize from the game Assassins Creed was Divinci’s blueprints of his flying machine. The way he had his flying machine set up was that the person would lie on top of the machine, while using his arms to flap like a bird he would then try to fly through the air. The wind would aid him as he glided through the air and if he ever needed more altitude, the person could just flap and therefore, get higher. I also found out some clever things Leonardo did to keep his inventions a secret.

Occasionally, Leonardo would worry that someone might try to steal ideas for his inventions, so he would write his blueprints backwards so that only people that could read backwards or translated them forwards could read them. I found that very useful when trying to hide things from thieves because the thieves would probably just assume that Leonardo was crazy.