Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest figures of the Italian Renaissance, was renowned not only for the artistic mastery of his paintings and drawings but also for the richness of his intellect and his insatiable curiosity about all aspects of the natural and man-made world. Leonardo was among the first artists to study human anatomy in great detail, in a period when scientific investigation of the body was severely limited by church doctrine. His anatomical drawings reveal him to be a gifted observer of the human body - studying living men and women as well as cadavers which he dissected to draw every vessel, muscle and organ.
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A fascinating hybrid, this book is at once a study of Leonardo as a draftsman and scientist, a history of the study of human anatomy and dissection, and the catalog of a touring exhibition. It contains drawings from the three periods of anatomical study made by Leonardo. Through the years, as he relied increasingly on dissection, his notions of internal structure and the interconnectedness of body systems grew more precise, and his representations of the muscles, skeleton, and viscera improved in detail and sophistication. Medical commentary by Philo, an anatomist at the University of Texas, and art-historical notes by Windsor Castle print curator Clayton accompany the exquisite sepia reproductions. A major new monograph on a most important Renaissance figure, this makes a worthy addition to all art collections. --Douglas F. Smith, Oakland P.L., Cal.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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By Jiaquan Fan (Arlington, VA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Leonardo Da Vinci: The Anatomy of Man : Drawings from the Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Hardcover)
Da Vinci's anatomical drawing is not simply scientific record. It is a great man's comtemplation on humanity through the very basics of physical form. To back up this kind of inquiry, you need a god to in your soul or you have to be the god youself. Without this spiritual aspect, scientific research would turn into something crudely utilitarian or cruelly inhumane as we all have noticed in so many cases in the modern world. Da Vince is not some mad scientist who messed up with corpses secretly as in a Frenkenstein movie. But do we ever noticed their difference in this country, the supposed most advance country in technology and science? This book would make you think.
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