Leonardo da Vinci : the anatomy of man : drawings from the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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Leonardo da Vinci : the anatomy of man : drawings from the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Museum of Fine Arts , Bulfinch Press , Little, Brown, c1992
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Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 28-Sept. 6, 1992
Drawings and prints from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, and other institutions
Includes bibliographical references
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Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest figures of the Italian Renaissance, was renowned not only for the artistic mastery of his paintings and drawings but also for the richness of his intellect and his insatiable curiosity about all aspects of the natural and man-made world. Leonardo was among the first artists to study human anatomy in great detail, in a period when scientific investigation of the body was severely limited by church doctrine. His anatomical drawings reveal him to be a gifted observer of the human body - studying living men and women as well as cadavers which he dissected to draw every vessel, muscle and organ.
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