Vebjørn Sand Da Vinci Project
The Leonardo Bridge Project headed by Norwegian painter and artist Vebjørn Sand is one of several installations Sand is known for in Norway.
It is a smaller scale reimagining of a 240 m span Leonardo bridge project that Leonardo proposed in 1502 as part of a civil engineering project for Sultan Bayezid II of Constantinople (todays Istanbul). The bridge serves as a pedestrian crossing over European route E18 in Ås, Norway and was carried by The Leonardo Bridge Project.[1]
The project hopes to build the design as practical footbridges around the world, including over the Golden Horn in Istanbul, using local materials and collaborating with local artisans as a global public art project. The Wall Street Journal referred to the Project as a "...logo for the nations." (WSJ, Nov. 5-6, 2005)
A modern bridge reminiscing Leonardo's design is the Streicker Bridge at Princeton University, NJ, USA.[citation needed]
[edit] See also
Media related to Leonardo bridges at Wikimedia Commons
[edit] References
- ^ The Leonardo Bridge Project, Inc. is a non-profit public art project with 501c3 status through the Allied Arts Foundation: http://www.brickfishcreative.com
[edit] External links
- Leonardo Bridge project home page
- Da Vinci Bridge on en.Broer.no
- Leonardo's Bridge at Structurae
- Streicker Bridge at Princeton
Coordinates: 59°43′08″N 10°47′03″E / 59.718872°N 10.784276°E
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