Known as the "century of anatomy," the 16th century in Italy saw an explosion of studies and treatises on the discipline. Medical science advanced at an unprecedented rate, and physicians published on anatomy as never before. Simultaneously, many of the period's most prominent artists—including Leonardo and Michelangelo in Florence, Raphael in Rome, and Rubens working in Italy—turned to the study of anatomy to inform their own drawings and sculptures, some by working directly with anatomists and helping to illustrate their discoveries. The result was a rich corpus of art objects detailing the workings of the human body with an accuracy never before attained.
Art and Anatomy in Renaissance Italy examines this crossroads between art and science, showing how the attempt to depict bone structure, musculature, and our inner workings—both in drawings and in three dimensions—constituted an important step forward in how the body was represented in art. While already remarkable at the time of their original publication, the anatomical drawings by 16th-century masters have even foreshadowed developments in anatomic studies in modern times.

Art and Anatomy in Renaissance Italy: Images from a Scientific Revolution

Arts & Photography

Laurenza, Domenico

History & Criticism

Metropolitan Museum of Art

For the first time, a unique and indispensable volume provides insight into the true secrets and inventions held within da Vinci's infamous works. Armored ships and machines emerge fully equipped and functional in stunning three-dimensional, computer-generated art works from da Vinci's own descriptions and drawings. A fascinating in-depth discussion of da Vinci's work and inventions accompanies these illustrations, original sketches, and a chronology of inventions. A remarkable reference for history, technology, or art lovers!

Leonardo's Machines: Da Vinci's Inventions Revealed

Science & Math

David&Charles

A genius for all time, Leonardo da Vinci contributed artistic masterpieces, spectacular inventions, and scientific research to Western culture.
This beautifully illustrated volume reconstructs the origin of one of the most fascinating and fundamental aspects of Leonardo's life and work: his dream of human flight. With masterfully reproduced drawings from his vast library of manuscripts and folios—especially from the Codex "On the Flight of Birds" and the Codex "Atlanticus"—this book traces the development of Leonardo's theories and experiments over time. Detailed descriptions and unique readings of these exquisite sketches, letters, and notes reveal the inner workings of the artist-scientist. 
 Leonardo on Flight begins with the drawings from his years in Florence making theatrical devices ( ingegni) and then moves to the marvelous flying machine—the ornithopter—constructed in Milan during the same period he completed The Last Supper and the equestrian statue Francesco Sforza for Duke Ludovic il Moro . After 1500, Leonardo's work returned to nature and focused on the flight of birds, the dynamic potential of the human body, and the physics of wind. The final chapter of the book considers the last years of Leonardo's life and his escape into theory and whimsical experiments such as flying wax figurines, inflated bullocks' intestines, and automatons.

Leonardo on Flight

Johns Hopkins University Press

Les machines de Léonard de Vinci

GRUND

Leonardos Maschinen: In der Werkstatt des genialen Erfinders

Taddei, Mario

Zanon, Edoardo

wbg Theiss

Las máquinas de Leonardo (Spanish Edition)

Susaeta

Leonardo. Anatomía y vuelo (Biblioteca Leonardo Da Vinci / Leonardo Da Vinci Library) (Spanish Edition)

Pedretti, Carlo

Cianchi, Carlo

TIKAL

Leonardo da Vinci. Il codice Leicester

Giunti Editore

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