In his lifetime it was against the law to observe a dead body for science. The men of his time who wanted to learn about the human anatomy had to hire body snatchers to get them bodies of people who had recently died. These body snatchers would put a body in a whiskey barrel to preserve the body for delivery. The term "rot gut whiskey " comes from this time. Bodies were delivered to secret places by the artist or Doctor Who paid for the body so they could study the anatomy.
He studied and performed autopsies in cadavers.
He wanted to learn more about the human anatomy... that's all i know..
no, leonardo did
He wanted to learn all about anatomy, so why shouldn't he?
He was curious and Andrea Del Verrechio,who taught Leonardo painting tequiniques,also taught human anatomy.
by book...
They were detailed drawings of anatomy.
In his lifetime it was against the law to observe a dead body for science. The men of his time who wanted to learn about the human anatomy had to hire body snatchers to get them bodies of people who had recently died. These body snatchers would put a body in a whiskey barrel to preserve the body for delivery. The term "rot gut whiskey " comes from this time. Bodies were delivered to secret places by the artist or Doctor Who paid for the body so they could study the anatomy.
for starters, anatomy challenged the worldview that the pope, and his organization stood for. The pope feared critical thought.
The Last Supper and the "Vitruvian Man"sketches of the human anatomy
He only practised it by watching (and taking part in) opening corpses.
The Last Supper and the "Vitruvian Man"sketches of the human anatomy