Leonardo Di Vinci's Effect On The Body

Leonardo Di Vinci was a masterful artist who observed the world around him in unique ways. Some thought him odd and eccentric, but as history proved, he was truly a genius at his craft. Motivated by his own curiosity, he studied the effects of light and reflected light the way a doctor would study medicine and it’s effect on the body. He wanted to understand how form and color changed depending on the light source – be it direct sunlight, a bright but cloudy sky, or candle.

Leonardo noticed things like how the shadow of an object has different colors depending on what is near it, such as, “background mountains are more yellowish on the side exposed to the sun’s rays and more bluish on the opposite side, which is illuminated by the sky.”