Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomical Drawings from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle

by Kenneth D. Keele and Jane Roberts

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These fifty sheets of drawings of the human body by Leonardo, made between about 1485 and 1510-15, are based on the artist's own anatomical dissections and show his evolving understanding of physiology. The drawings demonstrate, as well, Leonardo's progress from technical mastery of his subject to consummate draftsmanship. As Sir Robin Mackworth-Young, librarian of Windsor Castle, says of Leonardo in his preface: "In the primitive conditions of the late fifteenth century, and with no medical training, this astonishing man acquired a knowledge of human anatomy far in advance of the medical profession of his day. And the studies in...

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  • ISBN10 0300201079
  • ISBN13 9780300201079
  • Publish Date 3 September 2013
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 168
  • Language English