Last week we visited a special exhibit at the Royal Collection on da Vinci's sketches of the human anatomy. Late in life da Vinci became obsessed with not only documenting the inner workings of the body, but understanding it thoroughly. He dissected several human bodies in hospitals and medical schools, as well as cows, ox, and other animals. His drawings were some of the first ever of its kind, including the circulatory system, the brain, the fetus, the spine ... in amazing detail. Experts say his drawings are were anatomically accurate and hundreds of years ahead of his time.
The exhibit was incredible and showed da Vinci's lesser known talent as a scientist in a really beautiful way. Sadly, da Vinci died before he could publish his treatise on anatomy and another man beat him to it some years later. His anatomical studies weren't noticed until almost 400 years later.
Check out some of our pictures and the link below ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/apr/30/leonardo-da-vinci-anatomy-exhibition
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