RSS   Help?
add movie content
Back

Leonardo da Vinci's embryological drawin ...

  • Windsor SL4 1NJ, Regno Unito
  •  
  • 0
  • 1121 views

Share

icon rules
Distance
0
icon time machine
Duration
Duration
icon place marker
Type
Arte, Teatri e Musei
icon translator
Hosted in
Inglese

Description

Leonardo da Vinci's embryological drawings of the fetus in the womb and his accompanying observational annotations are found in the third volume of his private notebooks. The drawings of Leonardo's embryological studies were conducted between the years 1510 - 1512 and were drawn with black and red chalk with some pen and ink wash on paper. These groundbreaking illustrations of the fetus reveal his advanced understanding of human development and demonstrate his role in the vanguard of embryology during the Renaissance. Leonardo expresses the human condition in a nutshell – indeed, his rendition of the womb resembles an opened horsechestnut casing. Inside is the beginning of us all laid bare. Five hundred years ago, this artist and scientist could portray the human mystery with a wonder that is not religious but biological he holds up humanity as a fact of nature.

image map
footer bg