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Leonardo da Vinci's Horse, Inc.
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" of the Horse, I shall say nothing,
because I know the times... "
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Leonardo da Vinci's Horse
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Leonardo da Vinci's Horse and
The Discovery Center
of Science and Technology have merged!
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After a span of five hundred years, from Leonardo's proposal to the Duke  of Milan in 1482, to Allentown's Charles Dent reading about the unfinished work in 1977, The Horse was unveiled in Milan at the Cultural Park sponsored by SNAI on September 10, 1999. The Horse, brilliantly created by sculptor Nina Akamu and cast in bronze by the Tallix Art Foundry, represents the appreciation of the Americans for the genius
of Leonardo and the legacy of the Italian Renaissance.
On Thursday October 7th 1999 the second casting of The Horse, known as the American Horse, was unveiled at the Frederik Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids Michigan.
An 8 foot replica of the Horse was placed in the town where Leonardo was born, Vinci, Italy during the Fall of 2001. The birthplace of Charles C. Dent, Allentown, PA was tied to this historic Tuscan town as sister cities. At the Charles C. Dent Memorial Garden in the Community Arts Park at the Baum School of Art in Allentown, PA, a 12 foot horse was dedicated October 4th, 2002 and celebrated by the Leonardo's Imagination event.
The LDVHI organization now continues its work with educational and cultural projects related to Leonardo da Vinci's Horse and the amazing history of this inspiring project.
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 Leonardo da Vinci was commissioned 500 years ago to construct an enormous bronze horse for Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, Italy. It was to be the largest equine statue ever built, standing 24 feet high. Leonardo's full-scale clay model was destroyed by war and the bronze horse was never constructed.
The goals of this project are to honor the genius of Leonardo and pay homage to him by building a colossal horse based on his drawings; to recognize all Italians for enriching every aspect of our society by presenting The Horse to the Italian people as a gift from the American people.
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This gift acknowledges the immense cultural, artistic, and scientific legacy of the Italian Renaissance which, in America today continues to inspire our curiosity, imagination and creativity.
The Horse is faithful to Leonardo's original drawings, and is in keeping with the spirit of Leonardo and the Renaissance. In a broader context, the significance of The Horse, much like the Statue of Liberty, goes beyond all natural frontiers. "Il Cavallo" will stand for a thousand years as a symbol of permanence against the destructiveness of war and as a symbol of friendship between nations.
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