Anastasia Konovalova, an art critic and researcher, spoke about the role of Leonardo da Vinci in history. The birthday of the artist and scientist is celebrated on April 15.
“It was he who was the first to create the image of an ideal city, the first to work on an equestrian monument, the first to create a large altarpiece. “Madonna of the Rocks” is just the first of the large-scale paintings, ”Konovalova said in an interview with FAN.
According to her, da Vinci himself called himself primarily an architect.
“The most charming, in my opinion, his work is the projects of spiral staircases. It was one of these that was created after the death of Leonardo in the French castle of Chaumbro. Da Vinci's project has come down to us in drawings, ”the expert noted.
As Konovalova added, he designed the stairs based on the principle of flight of insects and birds or Archimedes' screw.
Earlier, the General Director of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Zelfira Tregulova, spoke about the exhibition “Ilya Repin: Famous and Unknown.” Also, in an interview with NSN, she summed up the first results after the resumption of work.
