![]() Looking for Paperblanks in your area? Our Store Finder allows you to find retailers who carry our writing journals. This glimpse into one of history’s most celebrated minds reveals how Da Vinci shone a light on humanity’s potential for greatness. Our cover for the Sun & Moonlight journal features Da Vinci’s scientific observations and theories on the light of the moon relative to the radiance of the sun, recorded in the Codex Leicester. Create a nature journal, then take it into Discovery. Be inspired by da Vinci’s passion for flight as you build hoop gliders and whirligigs. Born on April 15, 1452, Leonardo da Vinci was an inventor, artist, engineer, and mathematician who spent his lifetime following his curiosity and exploring a wide variety of interests. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 ) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. The Codex Leicester, as outlined in Wikipedia, is “ a collection of largely scientific writings” that provides “an exceptional illustration of the link between art and science and the creativity of the scientific process.” Join Discovery Museum as we celebrate Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday. The covers of our Water Motion writing journal features Da Vinci’s scientific observations and theories on the motion of water, recorded in the Codex Leicester. ![]() In his notes on water motion and the moon Da Vinci explores the intrinsic beauty of serpentine flow, valued artistically as the most graceful of figurative movements. A man of unquenchable curiosity spanning an infinite spectrum, he was simultaneously taken with the concepts of grace and geometric structure of the universe. He was a consummate draftsman and sketch artist, and carefully recorded his world and the travels of his mind in mirror-image cursive. In a body of work that is perhaps unparalleled in history, Da Vinci’s sketches and copious notes allow us to peer into the mind of a genius. What better day to profile the Renaissance man and spotlight our Leonardo’s Sketches Collection of writing journals? An Unparalleled Body of Work Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was born 559 years ago today.
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