Leonardo Da Vinci: The Anatomy of Man

by Martin Clayton

Leonardo da Vinci was renowned not only for the artistic mastery of his paintings but also for his insatiable curiosity. This book looks at his fascination with human anatomy and his anatomical... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316147397
• ISBN13: 9780316147392
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.5" x 1.0" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A book to be contemplated

Da Vinci's anatomical drawing is not simply scientific record. It is a great man's comtemplation on humanity through the very basics of physical form. To back up this kind of inquiry, you need a god to in your soul or you have to be the god youself. Without this spiritual aspect, scientific research would turn into something crudely utilitarian or cruelly inhumane as we all have noticed in so many cases in the modern world. Da Vince is not some mad scientist who messed up with corpses secretly as in a Frenkenstein movie. But do we ever noticed their difference in this country, the supposed most advance country in technology and science? This book would make you think.