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The greatest Leonardo da Vinci<\/strong> exhibition ever held in Italy opens at Milan\u2019s Palazzo Reale<\/strong> on 16th<\/sup> April 2015. <\/span>Leonardo 1452-1519. The Design of the World<\/span><\/em> features over 200 works<\/span> <\/span><\/span>coming from a hundred museums and institutions from around the world, like the three paintings from the Louvre and <\/span>thirty autograph drawings from the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. <\/span>The exhibition is promoted by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Municipality of Milan, realized and produced by <\/span>Palazzo Reale and Skira, <\/span><\/em>and inaugurates the cultural season starting together with Expo 2015. It is not a celebrative exhibition, it highlights Da Vinci\u2019s ability to combine scientific thought with creative talent, art and technology, through some central themes pinpointed by curators: the fundamental theme of drawings; the continuous arts comparison: <\/span>paintings, drawings, sculptures; the comparison with the ancient; the new \u201cmovements of the spirit\u201d; his tension toward utopian projects, real dreams, like being able to fly or walk on the water; and lastly the mechanical automation.<\/span><\/p>\n