Tell us about yourself.:
I study Leonardo Da Vinci since 1999. And yet, every time I pick up one of its five thousand codes, I always find something new to study and discover. I have written numerous books on Leonardo, with famous publishers who then distributed my books all over the world. The most famous book is about Leonardo's machines that I made in 2004, I find this book in all bookstores in the world and it makes me very angry. It will seem strange, because usually scholars never deny what they write, but what I wrote in that book I find now obsolete and outdated, the research I did and Leonardo's machines that I rebuilt in 3D like the automobile, The bridges, the bombards, the flying machine, the helicopter, the boat with poles, the armed wagon etc .. I find them, copied in all the museums of the world. I recognize my studies and my machines because I have always added something and modified Leonardo's drawings and at times I have discovered things that no scholar had done before. However, all these machines are not exactly Leonardo's, in fact I later discovered that all these subjects are actually already existing machines that Leonardo copied, studied and tried to improve. I then moved on to study Leonardo da Vinci directly from his writings, thanks to the teachings of Carlo Pedretti, and here I found the great surprise. Leonardo's real machines and real projects are hidden in thousands of virtually unknown pages. In fact, they are sketchy, unfinished and difficult to interpret drawings. For this reason they have been "abandoned". In the last hundred years it has been more convenient for museums and for many curators to copy Leonardo's usual machines without ever delving into the historical truth. My task, my mission and my passion is to rediscover these projects, study them, understand them and also create models from life, as well as on the computer. In recent years I have therefore studied and discovered new Leonardo machines, exhibited all over the world and my work is only at the beginning.
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?:
I was very lucky. I was born in Italy, the cradle of art, the land of the Renaissance. I studied art, design and engineering in Milan. I traveled, studied and lectured in Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples, Vicenza, Verona, Vinci and other wonderful Italian cities. Certainly being born and living in the same places where Leonardo Da Vinci lived and worked influenced my culture. I was able to see, study and touch the castles and palaces where both Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael worked. What more could you ask for?
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
When I write books on Leonardo I always let myself be guided by his creative spirit. I have long ago decided to write simply and directly, as if I had to explain things to a guy. For many years I have been following and reading academic research, with heavy, formal and unnecessarily complicated language. I understand, understand and accept the formal academic rules that are now mandatory for the world of professors. But this has distanced them from their primary purpose, scientific and artistic dissemination. Academic books are now full of citations and self-citations between professors without adding any useful information to the topic treated. Serious books on Leonardo therefore become more and more useless and distant from young readers who should be the first to be inspired and guided by science and art. When I write then I also let myself be carried away by continuous discovery: that is a process by which, by treating a topic and analyzing a drawing or a work, infinite new ways of development and study are opened. I know where I'm starting from, but I never plan to arrive. The journey, in art and science, is more beautiful and fascinating than the arrival.
What authors have influenced you?
I was very lucky. I was born in Italy, the cradle of art, the land of the Renaissance. I studied art, design and engineering in Milan. I traveled, studied and lectured in Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples, Vicenza, Verona, Vinci and other wonderful Italian cities. Certainly being born and living in the same places where Leonardo Da Vinci lived and worked influenced my culture. I was able to see, study and touch the castles and palaces where both Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael worked. What more could you ask for?
Do you have any advice for new authors?
The new authors must never give up, it is difficult but as Leonardo teaches only perseverance and obstinacy can lead us to the goal. We must inform ourselves, never believe the first editor or the first specialist who seems to be able to help us. However, as I always write in my books on Leonardo, he too had problems and struggled to sell his art, only after a long time did he become famous.
What is the best advice you have ever been given?
Never surrender!
What are you reading now?
I read historical books and scientific articles. I need to understand and find links between art and science to understand everything around me and create new things.
What’s your biggest weakness?
Unfortunately, I believe in people and I have often trusted people who were only looking for money and power. I study and create exhibitions for the pleasure of doing it and because I truly believe in teaching and in the transmission of knowledge, and when you believe in dishonest people you always lose a little faith in the future, you have to resist and change your path, looking for who deserves. to listen to us.
What is your favorite book of all time?
The name of the rose. Mistery, history and knoledge!
When you’re not writing, how do you like to spend your time?
I build machines and models, I create art and virtual worlds, every now and then I play video games and above all I write new books to transmit art, science, knowledge and creativity.
Do you remember the first story you ever read, and the impact it had on you?
I remember the story of the Trojan horse, which impressed me with Ulysses' ingenuity and cunning.
Then, very interesting, is the myth of Plato's cave, which has always left me surprised and with the desire to discover the truth … which lies outside the cave where we live.
What has inspired you and your writing style?
My source of inspiration is the renaissance, art and science connected with nature and technology. I write spontaneously and simply. I think that the academic style is very negative towards the new generations who could really lose the desire to study and learn, we need to speak to them in a new language, simple and direct.
What are you working on now?
I continue to study Leonardo's manuscripts, there are still too many to study. Each of these tells of studies and creations that can inspire artists and scientists even today. I create works of digital art, NFT and work as an architect of the Metaverse (www.neoart3.net) and I am always inspired by nature and the science that Leonardo da Vinci studied. I am creating a series of books, the multimedia Vincentian readings, where I will collect all my studies. At the same time I also work in my laboratory where I build both Leonardo's Renaissance machines and prototypes and art objects with 3D printers.
What is your favorite method for promoting your work?
The best thing for me is to tell by voice and with multimedia presentations, live or through videos.
What’s next for you as a writer?
There is always something new to explore and discover. We must always be curious and open to new points of view.
How well do you work under pressure?
The best for me is to work under pressure. The more the pressure the faster and better is the work!
How do you decide what tone to use with a particular piece of writing?
I When I write, I always imagine speaking to a young guy, in a simple and direct way.
If you could share one thing with your fans, what would that be?
Science and geometry is beautiful, art is beauty and freedom. These things together are great.
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