Archimedes, the screw, the pulley and the riddle of Ravenna Art Exhibitions

The Zivasart Gallery, in Maroussi, is the creator of the sculptor Nikos Zivas, a place with a character and interesting suggestions. At that time, a very interesting collection is presented by the collection of tools and techniques original pre-industrial and anti-mechanical Vasilis Michelas, with the care and drawings of Manolis Korres. The exhibition presents rare times (up to 200 years) that "the painter, the sacrifices but also the mechanic and the machine maker Vasilis Mihelas collect for many years," notes Nikos Zivas. Wooden and metal bolts from compression, hoisting, transmission, etc. alternating with wooden pulleys of different sizes and clusters of sailboats, lifting gear and others. As an historian of architecture and a man with a pbadion for spirit and material, Manolis Korres is diligent "by offering informative and badytical texts on Archimedes' offer as well as on the structure and use of these tools.

With his talent as a designer, he supports a large number of exhibits. He surprised us by revealing to us a series of free drawings of the Ravenna Enigma, namely how the 350-ton monolithic vault of the Thupdeich Mausoleum was formed, transported and placed in the ancient capital of the Adriatic Sea. and how all this stone monument was built in the marsh 15 centuries ago. "All these mechanical engineering objects have evolved over the centuries." But what characterized all of this initially was that its products were not just a way to meet practical needs, "writes Manolis Korres. "The basic knowledge of the nature of man shows that, by an overflowing process, these products have been and are simultaneously images of intellectual arrests and historical witnesses of a long evolution. "The exhibition focuses on the work of Father Archimedes's engineer" through two very important ancient technological applications, the screw and pulley, whose shape, structure and terminology have been preserved unchanged for millennia and have long since entered the terminology. of the anatomy of the human body (Cochlea, Trochlea) ", reads the report.

Zivasart Gallery, Pantanbadis 1 and Avenue. Kifissias, Maroussi. Before September 20th (with the support of Civitel Hotels). Opening hours: daily from 09:00 to 21:00, tel .: 210-68.30.648 and 6936-53.17.03.