ATLAS ANATOMICUS
Original price was: 49,00€.36,75€Current price is: 36,75€.
Leonardo da Vinci: ATLAS ANATOMICUS The Royal Collection Windsor – Bookshop Edition
This book presents the complete corpus of the artist’s anatomical drawings preserved in the Royal Collection at Windsor, the world’s richest collection of works on paper by the great genius.
The over 300 images gathered here offer a deep and comprehensive look into an essential aspect of the Great Master’s history, highlighting him as a precursor to avant-garde Renaissance scientific research.
Moving between Art and Anatomy, the volume surprises and redefines the way we look at and “feel” Leonardo’s work. Through an innovative exhibition approach, Professor Martin Kemp reveals the unique qualities of Leonardo’s line work and the refined figurative transposition of his anatomical studies, which also take shape as a philosophical treatise.
The volume is further enriched by the insights of Professor Mario Rende, an anatomist from the University of Perugia, who reveals the scientific intuitions, research methodology, and experimental and analytical approach of the Genius of Vinci.
Description of the Work
- Format 24 x 29,5 cm
- Pages 368
- Images 300
- Languages Italiano / Inglese
- ISBN 979-12-80717-16-0
INDEX
Preface
A brief note on the history of the drawingsIntroduction
Anatomy as Natural Philosophy in His Own WordsThe Variety of the Universal by Mario Rende
A Special Eye by Giampaolo Guida
I – Initial Ambitions
II – Body and Soul
III – Mapping the Surface
IV – Early Investigations: Life and Death, Brain, Nerves, Neck, and Muscles
V – The Bear’s Foot
VI – Bones and Brains
VII – The Music of Proportions
Studies on Human Proportions by Mario RendeVIII – Muscular Men
Studies on Limbs by Mario RendeIX – “Pen People”
X – Muscles, Tendons, Ligaments, Bones (and the Elderly): The Human Machine
Studies on the Neck by Mario RendeStudies on the Osteoarticular System by Mario Rende
XI – Branching and Irrigation
Studies on the Digestive System by Mario RendeStudies on the Urinary System by Mario Rende
XII – The Brain Revised
Studies on the Nervous System by Mario RendeXIII – Tongue, Lips, and Sounds
XIV – Diaphragm and Respiration, with Reflections on the Nature of “Spirits”
Studies on the Respiratory System by Mario RendeXV – Urogenital Organs and the “Mysteries of the Womb”
Embryological Studies by Mario RendeStudies on the Reproductive System by Mario Rende
XVI – The Heart
Studies on the Heart by Mario RendeFurther Insights
Index of Drawings
Authors
Martin Kemp
He is a Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. The author of numerous essays on art and science from the Renaissance to the present day, he is considered one of the world’s foremost experts on Leonardo da Vinci, the subject of many of his articles, essays, and books.
Mario Rende
He is a Professor of Human Anatomy at the University of Perugia. The author of numerous essays and educational atlases on human anatomy, he is currently one of the three national coordinators for the Prometheus project.
Giampaolo Guida
A doctor and homeopath, he has successfully practiced his profession for over thirty years. Simultaneously, he cultivates his interests in music, literature, and the history of Renaissance sacred art. He is a Knight of the Italian Republic.
Unpublished drawings
Disegni in Scala 1:1 collezione Windsor.
