Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomical Drawings from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle
by Kenneth D. Keele, Jane Roberts
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art 1983
ISBN/ASIN: 0300201079
ISBN-13: 9780300201079
Number of pages: 170
Description:
These fifty sheets of drawings of the human body by Leonardo, made between about 1485 and 1510-15, are based on the artist's own anatomical dissections and show his evolving understanding of physiology. The drawings demonstrate, as well, Leonardo's progress from technical mastery of his subject to consummate draftsmanship.
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