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Drawings of the elements of CMS detector, in the style of Leonardo da Vinci
52 points by nill0 5 days ago | 10 comments
  • tianqi
    This is amazingly beautiful. If it were drawn as isometric projection instead of perspective projection, it would be more in the style of Leonardo da Vinci.
    • WillAdams
      Interestingly, Leonardo may have experimented with binocular vs. monocular perspective for at least one alternative version of his _Mona Lisa_:

      https://monalisa.org/2013/12/15/genius-leonardo-da-vinci-per...

      which makes one wonder if there are instances of his having used other perspectives in his drawings (cabinet for drawings for furniture for his home or workshop for a cabinetmaker, or cavalier for a map/diagram for military planning), and wish that the entirety of his oeuvre were available in a digital format like to the Corbis CD-ROM Leonardo's rendering of the Codex Leceister:

      https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/mi...

  • amadio
    These da Vinci style drawings were likely created using the SketchUp models from sometime ago, which you can download from the page below to play with:

    https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/SketchUpCMS

    • amadio
      Related article: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/513/2/022032
  • mikhailfranco
    Maybe they're original, found buried in some obscure monastery in the mountains of Umbria.

    Perhaps Leonardo invented the LHC!

  • temporallobe
    Some of the drawings feature what appears to be flying spiders and other similar shapes. Is this supposed to represent particle collisions?
  • adaml_623
    I can't see who drew them?
    • formerly_proven
      Credited as the photographer on the record

      Background: https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/sites/default/files/legacy/...

      • adaml_623
        Thank you. Excellent link you've shared.

        I noted the photographer credit but should have just googled

  • mock-possum
    Cool art, awful mobile experience
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