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79 Concerning Flight]
Holo-Leonardo is seen in only two stories, [
68 and 69 Scorpion] (in Part One thereof) and in this one. This one strongly features Holo-Leonardo and against the background of his aiding the Voyager crew, specifically Janeway, in retrieving goods stolen from Voyager, explores the Maestro's dream of flight. In this story, unlike the real Leonardo, Holo-Leonardo achieves his dream and actually flies.
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In the above screenshot can be seen, left to right:
- Leonardo's set of drawings illustrating an aspect of his text on the proportion and movement of the human form in relation to the art and practice of painting. The set of drawings were seen in [74 The Raven] and [75 Scientific Method].
- Leonardo's painting "The Virgin And Child With St Anne". It is also seen in [
- A press presumably that the Maestro examined as part of his studies toward his invention of the flying device the Aerial Screw. The Aerial Screw itself is located on the left of the window looking from inside to outside. The Aerial Screw is also seen in [74 The Raven] and [75 Scientific Method].
- The starfish and blue bottle are at the window, just as they were in [74 The Raven] and [75 Scientific Method]. The starfish moved from the workbench after [68 and 69 Scorpion], and the bottle appeared after that episode.
68 and 69 Scorpion], [74 The Raven] and [75 Scientific Method].
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The screenshot above shows Leonardo's portrait of the mistress of his Milan patron Duke Ludovico Sforza. The painting, called "Lady With An Ermine", is seen blurred in this still as it forms part of a swift camera pan and there is no frame which does not have blur. In addition, the frames which include the painting are rather dark as they form part of the opening fade-in.
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[79 Concerning Flight], on the far right of the picture is a press which uses a screw mechanism which Holo-Leonardo probably examined as part of his studies toward inventing the Aerial Screw
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[79 Concerning Flight], note the combination of a scroll and printed books on the workbench - printed books were still rare and very expensive at this time
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[79 Concerning Flight], picture is blurred as it forms part of a camera pan, and there is no still moment as it fades in directly from a shot of USS Voyager cruising at warp speed so the only still moment is a curiously merged still which has Voyager in it
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[79 Concerning Flight], the starfish and the blue bottle have not moved from their positions since [74 The Raven]
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In the above screenshot, the human skeleton (which in Renaissance days would have been real) infers Leonardo's deep curiosity about human anatomy. There is also located just above the skeleton but hardly visible as it is small and so far in the background, a chest/shoulders/head portrait which I suggest is a truncated version of Leonardo's portrait of the mistress of his one-time patron Duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan, namely the painting called "Lady With An Ermine".
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In the screenshot above, the crossbow on the workbench infers Leonardo's research into crossbow operation which led to his crossbow machine inventions. Two of these, detailed in the Codex Atlanticus, are respectively for a giant crossbow on wheels to be operated by one man and a machine designed to fire four crossbows at once powered by men on a treadmill.
The screenshot above and the one below cleverly brings together aspects of Leonardo's life and the way that they are featured and explored in [79 Concerning Flight]. Leonardo invented several flying machines, none of which worked or which, according to modern expert consensus, could never have worked (part of the problem was the heavy construction materials). This derived from, and in turn was supported by, his love of animals and birds, as evident if only from the Codex On The Flight Of Birds. Leonardo was a vegetarian, and even what we would call today a "vegan". The biographer Giorgio Vasari, whom Janeway mentions in [79 Concerning Flight], reported that Leonardo was known often to buy caged birds in markets and set them free. The subject of the mechanics of bird flight was a major interest for Leonardo. [79 Concerning Flight] gives voice to the Maestro's yearnings, and wonderfully provides the opportunity and the 24th century means for Holo-Leonardo to realise his dream of flight.
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 Lady With An Ermine |
 The Annunciation |
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 polyhedra - see also polyhedra as exercises in geometry perspective and as an art form, and for information about Leonardo's friend Luca Pacioli |
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