Leonardo da Vinci was intellectually well-rounded and produced masterpieces of art, scientific investigation, and architecture throughout his long life. “Learning never exhausts the mind.” These are some of the wise words of Leonardo da Vinci. This particular quote personally stands out to me because da Vinci never let up on learning until the day he died, he just always kept it up. This love of learning, consequently, cultivated his fascination and close studies of the human anatomy. Da Vinci did many studies, but some of the ones that have been most fascinating to me are his studies of the anatomy of the heart, cranium, facial musculature, musculature of the legs and larynx, womb, shoulder, and the neck. Beyond these studies were many of
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Done in pen and brown ink with wash modeling over traces of black chalk (Keele and Roberts). This is one of his last anatomical studies that came out well. However, “the line is dry and wiry, seldom betraying any feeling of vivacity, a sad, scientific style, compared to the beautiful anatomical drawings of 1489: yet… Leonardo had not lost the magic of his touch” (Clark, 230). This quote from Kenneth Clarks book perfectly describes this work, and all the works close to this piece in proximity of time. Looking even close at the study, you can see that the depression is ebbing at the edge of his subconscious. The man in this drawing is bland despite that fact that da Vinci did a wonderful job with the details and shading. The work is the most scientific of all his drawings, in my opinion, because it’s purely details. The lines are hard, making sure that viewers are seeing and understanding all the muscles displayed. This is one of the pieces that links Leonardo da Vinci’s styles before and during his depression at the end of his …show more content…
At this point in his life, Leonardo was suffering from depression, and as a result, his works suffered. On September 24, 1513, Leonardo da Vinci left Milan with Francesco Melzi and Salai to head to Florence (Hoch). This worsens his depression because he was most welcomed in Milan, so he favored it. Going back to Florence where he was hated made him feel bad about himself. This study was done on blue paper with pen and brown ink (Keele and Roberts). Looking at this work, one knows right away that da Vinci was wrong. First, the neck is elongated far past the normal size. The scapulae are the wrong shape (they almost look like the front view of a scapula, but da Vinci is working on the anterior portion so it is most definitely wrong). Also the conjunction points of the humerus with the backward facing scapula are strange to look at. Any anatomist would question it because the ball and socket joint is overplayed in this situation, it is much too
Done in pen and brown ink with wash modeling over traces of black chalk (Keele and Roberts). This is one of his last anatomical studies that came out well. However, “the line is dry and wiry, seldom betraying any feeling of vivacity, a sad, scientific style, compared to the beautiful anatomical drawings of 1489: yet… Leonardo had not lost the magic of his touch” (Clark, 230). This quote from Kenneth Clarks book perfectly describes this work, and all the works close to this piece in proximity of time. Looking even close at the study, you can see that the depression is ebbing at the edge of his subconscious. The man in this drawing is bland despite that fact that da Vinci did a wonderful job with the details and shading. The work is the most scientific of all his drawings, in my opinion, because it’s purely details. The lines are hard, making sure that viewers are seeing and understanding all the muscles displayed. This is one of the pieces that links Leonardo da Vinci’s styles before and during his depression at the end of his …show more content…
At this point in his life, Leonardo was suffering from depression, and as a result, his works suffered. On September 24, 1513, Leonardo da Vinci left Milan with Francesco Melzi and Salai to head to Florence (Hoch). This worsens his depression because he was most welcomed in Milan, so he favored it. Going back to Florence where he was hated made him feel bad about himself. This study was done on blue paper with pen and brown ink (Keele and Roberts). Looking at this work, one knows right away that da Vinci was wrong. First, the neck is elongated far past the normal size. The scapulae are the wrong shape (they almost look like the front view of a scapula, but da Vinci is working on the anterior portion so it is most definitely wrong). Also the conjunction points of the humerus with the backward facing scapula are strange to look at. Any anatomist would question it because the ball and socket joint is overplayed in this situation, it is much too