Sublime

Even though it was typical of him, we still should marvel that he would decide that before sculpting a horse he had to dissect one. Once again his compulsion to engage in anatomical investigations for his art eventually led him to pursue the science for its own sake. We can see this process unfold as he worked on the horse: careful measurements and

Until he was twelve, Leonardo had a life in Vinci that, despite the complexities of being part of an extended family, was quite settled. He lived primarily with his grandparents and his idle uncle Francesco in the family house in the heart of Vinci.

During this time, Leonardo continued his anatomical studies, dissecting at least three corpses in Rome, probably at the Hospital of the Holy Spirit (Santo Spirito), and refining his drawings of the human heart. Dissections were not illegal, but Leonardo was stopped from continuing with them. “The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses

il étudie de manière novatrice l’anatomie, les fossiles, les oiseaux, le cœur, les machines volantes, l’optique, la botanique, la géologie, la mécanique des fluides et les armes. Il devient ainsi l’archétype de l’homme de la Renaissance, une source d’inspiration pour ceux qui croient que tous les éléments de « l’œuvre infinie de la nature », comme