Leonardo Da Vinci Research Paper

When most people think of Leonardo Da Vinci they generally connect him to painting or the arts, but Da Vinci was much more than just an artist, in his life time he only created twenty paintings. It’s said that Da Vinci filled his notebooks with almost every conceivable topic, as British art historian Kenneth Clark said he was “the most relentlessly curious man in history.” Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter, an inventor, an architect, an astronomer, an anatomist and so much more. Leonardo Da Vinci was thought to have his interest sparked in anatomy during his studies as a painter during his apprenticeship with Vercocchio and by Vercocchio’s neighbor the Pollaiuolo brothers who were sculptures, painters, engravers, and goldsmiths. By the 1490’s anatomy had become an independent research study. Da Vinci was very curious by the “man’s instrumental figure” (figura istrumentale dell’ omo) and wanted to understand the physical workings. To do so Da Vinci worked for two decades dissecting human corpses in Milan, Florence, Rome, and Pavia. It is unknown as to when Da Vinci preformed his first dissection, but he had dissected thirty corpses throughout his life. …show more content…
Da Vinci’s drawings provided insight on the organs by providing a natural and abstract look into the organ. These drawings were some of the most compelling achievements of science during the Renaissance. These studies paved the way for today’s basic principles in scientific illustration, even though Da Vinci never published his findings from medical investigations or studies in