Leonardo da Vinci began studying the human body to improve his paintings of the human form. But he soon threw himself into the study of anatomy. Here, an illustration of the cardiovascular system ...

Leonardo would continue exploring his fascination with anatomy, eventually performing ... While most people associate Leonardo da Vinci with his paintings, his writings helped secure his place ...

What more can be said about Leonardo da Vinci? Surely his work has ... exhibit qualities found in the elder artist’s drawings — close anatomical observation, dramatic facial expressions ...

Fortunately, anyone can appreciate art, especially with guidance from the 15th-century Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was an artist driven by “wanting to know.” He considered ...

Minus points for: Anatomy. Leonardo entered ... these are the paintings universally accepted to be the sole work of Leonardo da Vinci. Virgin of the Rocks (Louvre Version) (1483–86) Back again ...

More than half a millennium after his death, Leonardo da Vinci is still one of the most well-known artists in the world. The rare artist who ... about gravity or anatomy, or all of these things ...

The mere mention of Leonardo da Vinci evokes genius ... in today's medical anatomy texts. According to Leonardo's biographer, Giorgio Vasari, the artist "was one of the first who, with Galen's ...

LEONARDO da VINCI follows the artist’s evolution as a draughtsman ... engineering, warfare, anatomy, and geography, among many others. Though he intended to publish his writings, he never ...

“Leonardo was himself a work of art even before creating art,” Bramly says. He was referring to the way da Vinci looked, dressed and appeared in paintings, whether created by others or self ...

The two-parter explores the life and legacy of the 'Mona Lisa' artist and boundary ... notebooks,” del Toro says of da Vinci. Simultaneity is essential to Leonardo da Vinci because the ...