Research and publications
ArtesMechanicae approaches the study of the history of science and technology with an interdisciplinary approach, using a variety of sources, a great variety of tools and always involving as many different skills as possible. Research conducted in this way leads to the publication of articles, essays and volumes that, as well as always receiving great attention from academic circles, they are capable of arousing considerable interest even among the general public.
Exhibitions
ArtesMechanicae has created exhibitions and participated in the construction of exhibitions in partnership with the most important institutions dealing with the history of science and technology.
Among the most recent creations:
- 2026 – Leonardo da Vinci master of water, 6 June – 13 September, Château du Clos Lucé (Ambiose)
- 2025 – Take inspiration from life: from Leonardo da Vinci to the present day, 7 June – 10 September, Château du Clos Lucé (Ambiose)
- 2024 – Circinus, 28 June – 15 September, Galileo museum (Florence)
- 2024 – Leonardo da Vinci and perfumes during the Renaissance, 7 June – 15 September, Château du Clos Lucé (Ambiose)
- 2024 – The shadow of the philosopher. Giordano Bruno, Fabrizio Mordente and the operations of the proportional compass, 22 February – 21 June, National Library of Rome
- 2023 – Leonardo and the genius of flight, 2 maggio – 11 June, Aeschylus Theatre (the room)
- 2021 – From Hell to the Empyrean. Dante's world between science and poetry, 13 December 2021 – 28 maggio 2022, Pitti Palace (Florence)
- 2019 – Leonardo da Vinci and the new arts, 23 November 2019 – 1 March 2020, Garzoni powder magazine (Palmanova)
- 2019 – Take inspiration from life: biomimicry from Leonardo da Vinci to the present day, 1 July – 31 August, Normant Factory (Romorantin-Lanthenay)
- 2019 – Leonardo in Vinci. At the origins of Genius, 15 April 2019 – 6 January 2020, Leonardian Museum (Vinci)
- 2019 – Leonardo da Vinci and perpetual motion, 10 October 2019 – 12 January 2020, Galileo museum (Florence)
- 2019 – From Leonardo's Machines to Industry 4.0, 1 December 2019 – 29 February 2020, Piaggio Museum (Pontedera)
- 2018 – Water is nature's microscope. The Leicester Codex by Leonardo da Vinci, 29 October 2018 – 19 January 2019, Uffizi Galleries (Florence)
- 2017 – Leonardo Da Vinci between dream and invention, 7 – 13 September, Fortress of the Citadel (Pisa)
Installations
In 2017 ArtesMechanicae created a series of models based on drawings by Leonardo da Vinci for a private installation in Dubai. These are some small scale models, designed to be placed inside special glass display cases, a large-scale model of a flying machine, designed to be hung from the ceiling via tie rods, and a hydraulic machine. The latter required a complex design of the hydraulic systems that regulate the flows between the various tanks that compose it, as well as a mechanical design that guarantees the continuous operation of the machine. A work that represents an unprecedented synthesis between philological research and modern technology.
Teaching
ArtesMechanicae deals with teaching by creating hands-on models and workshops on the topics of the history of technology.
Among the most recent commitments:
- 2024 – Creation of educational replicas of scientific instruments – Department of Human Sciences (University of L'Aquila)
- 2023 – Consultancy for the creation of the new collection of historical educational models – Archimedes and Leonardo Museum (Syracuse)
- 2022 – Creation of teaching models – Leonardian Museum (Vinci)
- 2019 – Educational workshop on construction machinery on the occasion of the Firenze dei Bambini festival at Le Murate – Mus.e (Florence)
- 2019 – Design of educational workshops on the occasion of the Leonardo da Vinci and the new arts exhibition – Palmanova
- 2019 – 2022 – Creation of teaching models – Leonardian Museum (Vinci)
- 2017 – Design and launch of the Cieli di Pietra educational laboratory – Opera del Duomo Museum (Florence)
- 2015 – Design and launch of the Weights and Counterweights teaching laboratory – Opera del Duomo Museum (Florence)
ArtesMechanicae creates philological replicas of ancient scientific instruments, which:
- 2026 – Creation of a philological replica of a 17th century microscope – University Museum System (University of Bologna)
- 2026 – Creation of a glass sphere for a 17th century electrostatic machine – University Museum System (University of Bologna)
- 2024 – Creation of philological replicas of 6 compasses of the 16th and 17th centuries – Galileo museum (Florence)
- 2023 – Realization of 4 philological replicas of Galileo Galilei's telescope – Galileo museum (Florence)
- 2019 – Creation of a philological replica of the Strumento del Primo Mobile by Egnazio Danti – The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
- 2015 – Creation of a philological replica of a 17th century Eustachio Divini microscope – Giovanni Poleni Museum (University of Padua)