Art

Brunelleschi started working in the slums of amidst the slums of the Santa Croce quarter. There, young Brunelleschi learned the skills of mounting, engraving and embossing. He also studied the science of motion, using wheels, gears, cogs and weights. 

One of the most famous examples of the interconnection between art and science is the work of Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci. While his Mona Lisa is probably the most famous portrait ever painted, Da Vinci’s scientific drawings, recently on exhibit at the Boston Museum of Science, are smaller in scale and intricately detailed and annotated.