Vebjørn Sand Da Vinci Project

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The da Vinci bridge in Ås
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Golden Horn Bridge designed by Leonardo da Vinci in 1502
Wooden model after da Vinci's design above
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Da Vinci bridge side view

The Leonardo Bridge Project headed by Norwegian painter and artist Vebjørn Sand is one of several installations that Sand is known for in Norway.

It’s a smaller-scale version of a 240 m span that Leonardo da Vinci proposed in 1502 as part of a civil engineering project for Sultan Bayezid II of Constantinople (today’s Istanbul). The bridge serves as a pedestrian crossing over European route E18 in Ås, Norway. It was produced by The Leonardo Bridge Project.[1]

The project hopes to apply the design to build practical footbridges around the world using local materials and local artisans as a global public art project. Plans include a bridge over the Golden Horn in Istanbul, as Leonardo had proposed. The Wall Street Journal referred to the project as a "...logo for the nations." (WSJ, Nov. 5-6, 2005)

See also

References

  1. The Leonardo Bridge Project, Inc. is a non-profit public art project with 501c3 status through the Allied Arts Foundation: http://www.brickfishcreative.com

External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

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