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I wanted to bitch blog about my trip to the Da Vinci exhibition on Wednesday, but as you can see, the monster of procrastination has taken over again.
Of course, I'm not going to bitch about the exhibition itself. Why, the exhibition was ALL SORTS OF AWESOME. :D Go for it, people! For the uninformed, its at the Science Centre, 15 dollars per entry. Before you get all "OMG WTF 15 DOLLARS?! I CAN BUY THREE KFC MEALS WITH IT..." or sth, let me just say, I thought it was well worth my money. I learnt many interesting things about Leonardo Da Vinci that I didn't know before. It was quite cool. No, this is not a geek speaking, this is coming from a non-geek okay, so you can trust me. (:
I wouldn't reveal too much about the exhibition, in case some of you haven't gone yet and are planning to go. But these key aspects of the exhibition should be enough to draw you in:
1) Revealing of 25 secrets about the Mona Lisa painting. (Her hair isn't big, but yes, its FULL OF SECRETS.) Basically, they analysed the shit out of the painting. Its like a freaking Mona Lisa shrine in that particular section. LOL, sorry for the crude phrasing, but yeah. The exhibition also explains the painting, and gives the history of it. I didn't realise so much planning and calculating goes into that painting?? Cool.
2) The Vitruvian Man image and its explanation. Which was damn interesting.
3) His many inventions. Literally. Many. Inventions. (There are some hands-on stuff that you can try out in order to understand his concepts for the inventions, it was quite fun. We were like, "OMG WE CAN FINALLY TOUCH THE DISPLAYS." LOL.)
4) The Last Supper painting.
5) Huge-ass reproductions of Da Vinci's drawings of the human anatomy. THIS IS AMAZING. He drew everything so precisely omg. I think I recall a line that says something like how Da Vinci worked in secret and hurried conditions with 30(?) human bodies to do those drawings. Erm, something along those lines. I might have remembered wrongly, please don't take my word for it and check it out yourself if you can. (:
6) His other works.
Oh, and since this is an exhibition in Singapore, you shouldn't be expecting the real goods. LOL. For the real Mona Lisa painting, please make your way to Louvre museum, thanks. But overall, I thought it was a really interesting and comprehensive exhibition that allowed me to regard Da Vinci as more than just an arts person. He made contributions in many other areas like science, engineering, etc etc, so I was really quite amazed after I walked out of the exhibition.
( small rant )
Okay, I should probably go to bed. Locals, get your ass to the exhibition! I thought it was quite informative and fascinating. :D
Of course, I'm not going to bitch about the exhibition itself. Why, the exhibition was ALL SORTS OF AWESOME. :D Go for it, people! For the uninformed, its at the Science Centre, 15 dollars per entry. Before you get all "OMG WTF 15 DOLLARS?! I CAN BUY THREE KFC MEALS WITH IT..." or sth, let me just say, I thought it was well worth my money. I learnt many interesting things about Leonardo Da Vinci that I didn't know before. It was quite cool. No, this is not a geek speaking, this is coming from a non-geek okay, so you can trust me. (:
I wouldn't reveal too much about the exhibition, in case some of you haven't gone yet and are planning to go. But these key aspects of the exhibition should be enough to draw you in:
1) Revealing of 25 secrets about the Mona Lisa painting. (Her hair isn't big, but yes, its FULL OF SECRETS.) Basically, they analysed the shit out of the painting. Its like a freaking Mona Lisa shrine in that particular section. LOL, sorry for the crude phrasing, but yeah. The exhibition also explains the painting, and gives the history of it. I didn't realise so much planning and calculating goes into that painting?? Cool.
2) The Vitruvian Man image and its explanation. Which was damn interesting.
3) His many inventions. Literally. Many. Inventions. (There are some hands-on stuff that you can try out in order to understand his concepts for the inventions, it was quite fun. We were like, "OMG WE CAN FINALLY TOUCH THE DISPLAYS." LOL.)
4) The Last Supper painting.
5) Huge-ass reproductions of Da Vinci's drawings of the human anatomy. THIS IS AMAZING. He drew everything so precisely omg. I think I recall a line that says something like how Da Vinci worked in secret and hurried conditions with 30(?) human bodies to do those drawings. Erm, something along those lines. I might have remembered wrongly, please don't take my word for it and check it out yourself if you can. (:
6) His other works.
Oh, and since this is an exhibition in Singapore, you shouldn't be expecting the real goods. LOL. For the real Mona Lisa painting, please make your way to Louvre museum, thanks. But overall, I thought it was a really interesting and comprehensive exhibition that allowed me to regard Da Vinci as more than just an arts person. He made contributions in many other areas like science, engineering, etc etc, so I was really quite amazed after I walked out of the exhibition.
( small rant )
Okay, I should probably go to bed. Locals, get your ass to the exhibition! I thought it was quite informative and fascinating. :D
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