Leonardo da Vinci, pioneer of anatomy.
CNRS| N° d'inventaire | 23803 |
| Format | 22 x 28 |
| Détails | 252 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782271135742 |
Comparative anatomy, biomechanics, bionics, and physiognomy Away from prying eyes, Leonardo illuminates the body of a man with the eight-sided lamp he designed. He opens it and dissects it, scrutinizing every detail, then fills his notebooks. The virtuoso draftsman describes everything: the skeleton, the muscles, the joints, the viscera, the veins, the nerves. As an engineer, he questions their arrangement, the function(s) of such organs.
And, when Ludovico Sforza commissioned him to create a monumental equestrian sculpture, he dissected a horse and produced numerous drawings of sections and profiles, seeking solutions to the technical challenge in nature. Leonardo was a brilliant researcher, a pioneer of anatomy, a precursor of bionics. Two hundred plates are known to us, combining notations, drawings, and sketches. With the exception of a few famous figures in the history of art, this "anatomical" corpus remains little studied.
In this book, those who know the body best—paleontologists, anthropologists, biologists, doctors, and surgeons—revisit the meaning of this work and its qualities. They reread the drawings, of hands or skulls, for example, and compare them to today's science, using the most contemporary representations (3D, MRI). The twenty contributions in French or English, abundantly illustrated, are the result of a conference held at the Château Royal d'Amboise and Clos Lucé for the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death in 2019.
Each of the texts is followed by a series of questions and answers allowing easier access to certain specific concepts.
Comparative anatomy, biomechanics, bionics, and physiognomy Away from prying eyes, Leonardo illuminates the body of a man with the eight-sided lamp he designed. He opens it and dissects it, scrutinizing every detail, then fills his notebooks. The virtuoso draftsman describes everything: the skeleton, the muscles, the joints, the viscera, the veins, the nerves. As an engineer, he questions their arrangement, the function(s) of such organs.
And, when Ludovico Sforza commissioned him to create a monumental equestrian sculpture, he dissected a horse and produced numerous drawings of sections and profiles, seeking solutions to the technical challenge in nature. Leonardo was a brilliant researcher, a pioneer of anatomy, a precursor of bionics. Two hundred plates are known to us, combining notations, drawings, and sketches. With the exception of a few famous figures in the history of art, this "anatomical" corpus remains little studied.
In this book, those who know the body best—paleontologists, anthropologists, biologists, doctors, and surgeons—revisit the meaning of this work and its qualities. They reread the drawings, of hands or skulls, for example, and compare them to today's science, using the most contemporary representations (3D, MRI). The twenty contributions in French or English, abundantly illustrated, are the result of a conference held at the Château Royal d'Amboise and Clos Lucé for the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death in 2019.
Each of the texts is followed by a series of questions and answers allowing easier access to certain specific concepts.