{"product_id":"leonardo-on-the-human-body-dover-fine-art-history-of-art-9780486244839","title":"Leonardo on the Human Body (Dover Fine Art  History of Art)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"It is a miracle that any one man should have observed  read  and written down so much in a single lifetime.\"  Kenneth Clark Painter  sculptor  musician  scientist  architect  engineer  inventor . . . perhaps no other figure so fully embodies the Western Ideal of \"Renaissance man\" as Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was not content  however  to master an artistic technique or record the mechanics of a device; he was driven by an insatiable curiosity to understand why. His writings  interests  and musings are uniformly characterized by an incisive  probing  questioning mind. It was with this piercing intellectual scrutiny and detailed scientific thoroughness that Leonardo undertook the study of the human body. This exceptional volume reproduces more than 1 200 of Leonardos anatomical drawings on 215 clearly printed black-and-white plates. The drawings have been arranged in chronological sequence to display Leonardos development and growth as an anatomist. Leonardos text  which accompanies the drawings  sometimes explanatory  sometimes autobiographical and anecdotal  has been translated into English by the distinguished medical professors Drs. OMalley and Saunders. In their fascinating biographical introduction  the authors evaluate Leonardos position in the historical development of anatomy and anatomical illustration. Each plate is accompanied by explanatory notes and an evaluation of the individual plate and an indication of its relationship to the work as a whole. While notable for their extraordinary beauty and precision  Leonardos anatomical drawings were also far in advance of all contemporary work and scientifically the equal of anything that appeared well into the seventeenth century. Unlike most of his predecessors and contemporaries  Leonardo took nothing on trust and had faith only in his own observations and experiments. In anatomy  as in his other investigations  Leonardos great distinction is the truly scientific nature of his methods. Herein then are over 1 200 of Leonardos anatomical illustrations organized into eight major areas of study: Osteological System  Myological System  Comparative Anatomy  Nervous System  Respiratory System  Alimentary System  Genito-Urinary System  and Embryology. Artists  illustrators  physicians  students  teachers  scientists  and appreciators of Leonardos extraordinary genius will find in these 1 200 drawings the perfect union of art and science. Carefully detailed and accurate in their data  beautiful and vibrant in their technique  they remain today  nearly five centuries later  the finest anatomical drawings ever made.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648263577653,"sku":"ByrdShop_0486244830","price":44.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780486244839.jpg?v=1781714535","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/leonardo-on-the-human-body-dover-fine-art-history-of-art-9780486244839","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}