Leonardo Da Vinci's Anatomical Images
The image I chose was Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical sketches, the reason I chose this artwork and drawings was it intrigues me how precise Da Vinci's drawings were and how he viewed the anatomy of the human body. Back then there wasn't x-rays or any technological advancements that would allow someone to see the human body but Da Vici was able to use his mind and envision how the anatomy of the human body is and draw it. The drawings many of his first human images were anatomically inaccurate representations of received wisdom about the structures, functions, and connections of the human body. As an artist, engineer and sculptor he didn't just want to construct the artworks he wanted to know how the human body worked and where certain emotions
came from (Jones, Roger). Later on in his life, he started to dissect corpses to understand what the human body was made of, and we notice this from his drawing of nerves, vessels, and muscles. He also discovered how the heart was the main function that functioned the blood system and was able to describe atherosclerosis and hepatic cirrhosis (Jones, Rogers).
I learned that Leonardo Da Vinci had created many paintings in his lifetime and created beautiful artworks that intrigued many people around the world. Leonardo Da Vinci used these anatomical sketches as a plan, in order to sculpt large figures of humans and also needed to be able to paint human figures and still have details of the anatomical human body (Jones, Roger). We notice in many of his paintings realism is shown everywhere from the way his figures contain specific details from their muscles, length, facial expressions and etc. The stylistic elements that are present in the artwork from the Renaissance are the presentation of realism instead of ideology. Leonardo Da Vinci didn't want to just predict how the anatomical human body looked like instead, he wanted to know for sure and dissected human body's to have an understanding of how everything worked and connected to each other.
Jones, Roger. “Leonardo da Vinci: anatomist.” The British Journal of General Practice, Royal College of General Practitioners, June 2012, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3361109/.
came from (Jones, Roger). Later on in his life, he started to dissect corpses to understand what the human body was made of, and we notice this from his drawing of nerves, vessels, and muscles. He also discovered how the heart was the main function that functioned the blood system and was able to describe atherosclerosis and hepatic cirrhosis (Jones, Rogers).
I learned that Leonardo Da Vinci had created many paintings in his lifetime and created beautiful artworks that intrigued many people around the world. Leonardo Da Vinci used these anatomical sketches as a plan, in order to sculpt large figures of humans and also needed to be able to paint human figures and still have details of the anatomical human body (Jones, Roger). We notice in many of his paintings realism is shown everywhere from the way his figures contain specific details from their muscles, length, facial expressions and etc. The stylistic elements that are present in the artwork from the Renaissance are the presentation of realism instead of ideology. Leonardo Da Vinci didn't want to just predict how the anatomical human body looked like instead, he wanted to know for sure and dissected human body's to have an understanding of how everything worked and connected to each other.
Jones, Roger. “Leonardo da Vinci: anatomist.” The British Journal of General Practice, Royal College of General Practitioners, June 2012, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3361109/.