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‘Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion’ interactive exhibit open at UTRGV Edinburg Campus

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Machines in Motion is a display set up in the UTRGV Engineering building on the Edinburg Campus. The exhibition is a collection of designs from Leonardo da Vinci that were crafted in Italy staying as true to his design and recommended materials as possible. The exhibition will be on site until Dec. 20.nnUTRGV Photo by David Pike

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 What: Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion

When: Now through Dec. 20, 2019, during normal business hours

Where: UTRGV Engineering Building, Edinburg Campus

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Machines in Motion is a display set up in the UTRGV Engineering building on the Edinburg Campus. The exhibition is a collection of designs from Leonardo da Vinci that were crafted in Italy staying as true to his design and recommended materials as possible. The exhibition will be on site until Dec. 20.nnUTRGV Photo by David Pike

EDINBURG, TEXAS –  The genius of Leonardo da Vinci is on display through December at the UTRGV Engineering Building on the Edinburg Campus. Sponsored by the university’s Office of Public Art, the hands-on exhibit brings to life da Vinci’s extraordinary talents as an engineer, designer, anatomist and architect, as well as a painter, sculptor and musician.  

“Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion” presents full-scale machines built after in-depth study of the artist’s designs by a group of scientists and skilled craftsmen in Florence, Italy. Many of the mechanisms are life-size and fully operational. Others are scale models but fully interactive – including a motion-activated, armor-clad robot. Visitors are able to touch the machines and set them in motion, making for a fascinating hands-on exploration of the principles da Vinci employed to create each machine.  The machines are grouped into four sections based upon applications linked to the elements – air, water, land and fire – which held a strong fascination for him.

Leonardo Da Vinci’s armor-clad robot is brought to life in Leonardo da Vinci: Genius in Motion, an interactive display open to the public through Dec. 20 at UTRGV’s Engineering Building on the Edinburg Campus. (UTRGV Photo by David Pike)

“This is a fabulous exhibit that will fascinate visitors of all ages,” said Dr. Dahlia Guerra, assistant vice president of Public Art at UTRGV. “The exhibit allows visitors to dive beyond da Vinci’s artworks and into his visionary inventions – including the drive transmission, the printing press and many others. “Most of the materials used in the construction of these machines were available in da Vinci’s era,” she said, “and are the ones proposed by him in his codices, including wood, rope and glue.The materials were crafted by hand, using tools prescribed by the artist himself, and then reinforced for the traveling exhibition.” 

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The exhibit is now open and will run through Dec. 20, 2019, at the UTRGV Engineering Building on the Edinburg Campus, during regular business hours. Admission is free. School groups are welcome. For more information, contact the UTRGV Office of Public Art at (956) 665-2353.

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