LEONARDO DA VINCI AND GUNTHER VON

LEONARDO DA VINCI AND GUNTHER VON HAGENS
AN EXTRAORDINARY AND IMAGINARY VISITOR TO BODY WORLDS
Visitors to BODY WORLDS can experience an interesting theatrical representation which
will take place these days in the Complesso Monumentale Santo Stefano al Ponte:
“Leonardo da Vinci e Gunther von Hagens”.
What would evoke in the mind of Leonardo Da Vinci the sight of human bodies and
organs treated with the process of plastination? What would the historical master and
the contemporary disciple discuss on anatomy?
A short educational and entertaining theatrical representation comes to BODY WORLDS,
featuring an imaginary and unexpected encounter between Leonardo and Gunther von
Hagens. A liaison between the groundbreaking genius of early modern science (and
inventor of anatomical drawing), and the scientist who pioneered and developed
plastination: the innovative technique which enables the observation of the human body
in great detail and comprehends its form in a simplified manner.
Leonardo meticulously drew what he saw, spreading about his discoveries, whilst von
Hagens has permitted the observation of the structure of the human body to millions of
people through the process of plastination.
Leonardo, driven by his thirst for understanding nature, its laws and, above all, the
human being, narrates of his difficult night-time studies, at the time practically unknown
to most people, in the morgue and in hospital. On the other hand, von Hagens describes
his contemporary, revolutionary idea and his desire to share his profound knowledge of
anatomy.
Dramaturgy: Gherardo Vitali Rosati
Performers: Antonio Branchi (Leonardo da Vinci) e Tim Daish (Gunther von Hagens)
Costumes: Sartoria teatrale fiorentina
Makeup and Hairpiece: Filistrucchi
Production: DA VINCI - Grandi Eventi in collaborazione con The Medici Dynasty Show
Gunther von Hagens’ BODY WORLDS
Firenze, Complesso Monumentale Santo Stefano al Ponte
Piazza Santo Stefano 5
www.bodyworlds.it
SHOW TIMES
Duration 10 min
Friday, February 19th, at 6.00 p.m., 7.00 p.m. and 8.00 p.m.
Saturday, February 20th, at 2.00 p.m., 3.00 p.m. and 4.00 p.m.
Sunday, February 21st, at 10.00 a.m., 11.00 a.m., and 12.00 p.m.
The pièce is included in the entrance fee to the exhibition
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