He studied and performed autopsies in cadavers.
He wanted to learn more about the human anatomy... that's all i know..
He wanted to learn all about anatomy, so why shouldn't he?
Human Anatomy, is the class where you learn about the human body, its parts and functions
To learn about its characteristics
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.
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.
Andreas Vesalius was the founder of human anatomy as it is today. He went so far as to cut open human cadavers to learn how the body worked.
by book...
Michelangelo studied Human Anatomy in the city of Florence, Italy. He learned in the sculpting section of the Medici Gardens.
He dissected corpse to learn anatomy and studied fossils to understand the worlds history. Click on link below.
Direct study of the human body through autopsies was greatly limited during the Renaissance, and thus artists' investigations often dealt with how the body appears to the naked eye. Dissection was necessary in order to learn about the body's inner workings, but this practice was regulated and restricted by the Church. The anatomical research conducted by artists like Leonardo was made possible by the allowable dissection of the cadavers of condemned criminals.
Because pigs have similar systems to humans, making pigs easier to learn the functionality of human anatomy.