The volume, realized with the contribution of Acque SpA and Acea, with the patronage of the Municipality of Vinci, collects essays by Leonardo experts who analyze the theme of water, a topic that occupied Leonardo for a long period of time, describing an interdisciplinary path that goes from the study of nature to physical and engineering experimentation linked to hydraulics.
The book contains the essay by Andrea Bernardoni and Alexander Neuwahl dedicated to the technology for excavating canals in which the genesis of the "digger crane" drawn in sheet 4r of the Codex Atlanticus is given.
List of essays
The Arno like Hercules
Carlo Pedretti
A sketch for the Arno inCode on the flight of birds. The representation of water and wind
Paola Salvi
“Now you can see at water level.” Inheritance, originality and unresolved issues in Vinci's reflections on the weight of water
Paolo Cavagnero
Leonardo's rocks and "niches".
Elisabetta Cioppi, Stefano Dominici
The element of water in Leonardo's cosmographic and cartographic drawings
Andrea Cantile
Leonardo da Vinci and the medieval landscape of Valdarno. Settlement aspects and territorial control in the margin of a Windsor map
Andrea Vanni Desideri
Regulate the waters and navigate the river. The lower course of the Arno between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age
Emanuela Ferretti, Davide Turrini
Brunelleschi and Leonardo, water and the siege
Paola Benigni, Pietro Ruschi
Automate excavation: genesis of a “digger crane” ofCodex Atlanticus
Andrea Bernardoni, Alexander Neuwahl