Este trabajo ha sido realizado por un alumno del IES FRancés de Aranda de Teruel dentro del proyecto LEONARDO DA... JUEGO, desarrollado junto con el IES Salvador VIctoria de Monral del Campo en el curso 2012/2013

1. Cesar Peralta & Javier Urango

2. INTRODUCTION:
 Leonardo da Vinci was an
italian renaissance
 engineer, painter, sculptor,
architect, musician,
mathematician, inventor,
anatomist,
geologist, cartographer,
botanist, and writer.

3.  Leonardo da vinci made many
contributions in a lot of fields:
Science: Leonardo da Vinci did many researches
in different scientific fields, some of them are:
• Medicine
• Anatomy
• Botany
• Ophthalmology
• Fisiology
• Mechanics

4. Medicine: Leonardo da Vinci contributed to
medicine with his studies of anatomy and
ophthalmology.

6. - Mechanics: Leonardo da Vinci also did several
contributions in the field of the mechanics. He
invented and designed many machines:
• Fly machines: The hang glider, the air
screw...
• War machines: The catapult, the
tank...
• Other machines: The prototype of a
car, a type of bicycle...

7. Tank
Catapult
Car
Fly Machine

8. - Art: he contributed to many aspects of art:
• Painting: he painted many famous
pictures.
• Sculpture: he sculpted some
important scultures.
• Architecture: he ìmproved the ways
of drawing plans using new
techniques.

9.  Anatomy research: anatomy before da
Vinci time:
- Until the renaissance, anatomy was not
realistic. Anatomical drawings and models
were flat and schematic.
- In the 13th century dissections of human
corpses started to be made in Italy. They will
be done in France some years later.
- During the 13th and 14th century surgery was
unusual.

10. - During Leonardo da Vinci time anatomy
knowledge improved considerably.
- In the 15th century, artists began to do
anatomical dissections of human corpses.
Some of those artists were: Verrochio,
Mantegna, Miguel Ángel, Rafael, Durero and
Leonardo da Vinci.
Anatomy during da Vinci time:

11. -Leonardo da Vinci was the main genius who
contributed to anatomical drawings, studies and
findings.
-He studied how the heart and the brain work and he
also researched the circulatory system.
-He also studied the functions of the respiratory,
digestive and cardiovascular system.

12. How Leonardo da Vinci expanded
knowledge of human anatomy:
-Leonardo da Vinci expanded the knowledge of
human anatomy with his studies:
• He studied the circulation of the blood and he
discovered that the blood is always flowing.
• He studied the muscles of the heart and he made
drawings of the valves.
• He also made a drawing of the female
reproductive system.

14. Methods for mading his studies:
•Leonardo da Vinci used several methods for his
studies:
- He stole corpses for dissections.
- He also made autopsies to dead bodies
that were given to Leonardo.
- For his studies he also used animal
bodies.

15. - Leonardo da Vinci obtained several conclusions
after his anatomical studies:
• The spinal cord was the centre of life.
• The blood is flowing constantly through all
the body carring nutrients to all its parts.
• The eye, instrument of eyesight is located
in the superior whole, and in the space
below it, there is a fluid which feed the root
of the teeth.
Conclusions:

16. Leonardo da Vinci did not exhibit his
drawings:
- Da Vinci´s intention was to publish these
studies in an treatise on anatomy, but at the time
of his death in 1519, his anatomical research had
not been shown.
- As Leonardo da Vinci could not exhibit his
drawings, their whereabouts were unknown and
they were found recently.

17.  Comparison with anatomical drawings: