Dessin anatomique leonardo da vinci biography

Leonardo dissected about 30 people in the course of his life and made drawings for them. However, he dissected not only people, but also animals.

Leonardo da vinci drawings

Based on notes in his surviving notebooks, dissections on the following animals can be traced: Horse, cattle, pig and bear. Leonardo also knew of the skeleton of an ape.

Leonardo began his anatomical studies in order to perfectly reproduce human bodies in his paintings.

He believed that a work of art could only accurately represent reality if it was created with knowledge of the internal structure, such as the proportions of the bones or the structure of the muscles. In order to be able to produce the equestrian monument to Ludovico Sforza in exact detail, Leonardo also dissected horses.

Later, Leonardo's knowledge became so extensive that he planned to publish a textbook on human anatomy with the young professor of medicine Marcantonio della Torre. However, the professor died of the plague in Verona in 1511 and the project could no lo