Whenever someone mentions Leonardo
Da Vinci, the first thing that comes to many people’s minds is his accomplishments
as an artist. Rightly so, as a child Leonardo was put under the apprenticeship
of one of the finest painters and sculptor in Florence, Verrocchio, and was
trained in a vast range of technical skills. As we can see from his notable
works such as the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, Leonardo was able to show his
mastery in producing these hyper realistic paintings. However, it was only
recently that Leonardo began to gain fame and renown as an inventor,
architecture and engineer.
It is
very fascinating to see Leonardo’s work on human anatomy and his many
inventions. While there may be many other spectacular scientists during the Renaissance
era, the only ones that made it to this modern era was Leonardo. It is due to
his ability as a painter and artist, was he able to depict and transcribe his
ideas into an accurate physical form which could be retained and passed on.
These sketches of the human body
and head shows his skill in accurately reproducing what he saw. This was quite
a remarkable skill that would be priceless in an era without photographic technologies.
While many scientists may be able to write and describe anatomical functions of
a body human, a well-represented sketch could document and show much more than
a thousand words could describe. Thus it could be said that art and science in
history could actually be much more intertwined and dependent on each other
much more than we realized, one is used as a medium for the other while the other
could be used to innovate new methods of representation.
Another good example would be his robot knight sketches (the one
above is part of it), it were so well done and accurate that we were able to
reconstruct its complete form today which remains fully functional as a moving
robot.
References
"Leonardo Da Vinci - The Complete Works." Leonardo Da Vinci - The Complete Works. Accessed October 4, 2015.
"Leonardo Da Vinci's Robots - LEONARDO3 - Leonardo Da Vinci | BOOKS - LIBRI." Leonardo Da Vinci's Robots - LEONARDO3 - Leonardo Da Vinci | BOOKS - LIBRI. Accessed October 4, 2015.
"Leonardo Da Vinci." Wikipedia. Accessed October 5, 2015.
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