Any Art History majors/ Da Vinci fans?

[LaureltheQueen]

I'm writing a paper about Da Vinci for my art history class, and I'm trying to figure out the significance of his illustration of the "folding boat" first of all, I don't understand why the hell you would need a folding boat, why it was a scientific/engineering advancement, or where it folds. if anyone can help at all, I'm on art's pc, so the aim sn is ArturoVolp. any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

[0perose]

http://milan.milanovic.org/math/english ... 0Boat.html


it literally looks like a boat that was meant to fold in the middle to be smaller for transportation...

http://www.porta-bote.com/

http://www.foldingkayaks.org/


the davinci one seems to fold front to back, with the hinge in the middle width-wise.. the porta-bote.com site shows a boat folding along it's length

who knows. just tell them da vinci was fascinated with saving space in his garage

[LaureltheQueen]

I guess that makes sense, but still seems a little useless.

[0perose]

I guess that makes sense, but still seems a little useless.

my thoughts exactly...


let me ask my girfriend.. she might be near a book about da vinci or art history or something

[0perose]

she couldn't find her books

[All_talk]

I'm a huge De Vinci fan, I think he might be the single greatest mind of all time.

A lot of his conceptions were pointed toward military use. In that light, think of a boat a man (or group of men) could trans port overland to make a water attack… could be useful.

Gary

[LaureltheQueen]

I just finished the paper. I want to marry da vinci. but seriously, still, stupid invention

[555BCTurbo]

I think he is dead Laurel

[dzx]

I'm more a fan of his inventions and ideas than his art although they were often intermixed.

[LaureltheQueen]

i argued that he's a better artist because of his inventions and illustrations of anatomy