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Drawings of the elements of CMS detector, in the style of Leonardo da Vinci(cds.cern.ch)
52 points by nill0 6 days ago | 11 comments
  • tianqi2 days ago

    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.

    • WillAdams2 days ago |parent

      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...

  • amadio2 days ago

    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

    • amadio2 days ago |parent

      Related article: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/513/2/022032

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  • mikhailfranco2 days ago

    Maybe they're original, found buried in some obscure monastery in the mountains of Umbria.

    Perhaps Leonardo invented the LHC!

  • temporallobe2 days ago

    Some of the drawings feature what appears to be flying spiders and other similar shapes. Is this supposed to represent particle collisions?

  • adaml_6232 days ago

    I can't see who drew them?

    • formerly_proven2 days ago |parent

      Credited as the photographer on the record

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

      • adaml_6232 days ago |parent

        Thank you. Excellent link you've shared.

        I noted the photographer credit but should have just googled

  • mock-possum2 days ago

    Cool art, awful mobile experience