Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art. The exceptional artist and polymath, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), driven by his rigorous quest for knowing the human body, spirit, and its place in the universe, dedicated his life to display his findings through art. His gift for art along with his profound knowledge in anatomy, botany, mathematics, engineering and physics are reflected in the corpus of his work. He always carried a notebook in which he drew his sharp observations with precision and artistic mastery. His scientific findings and aesthetic conceptions are preserved in nearly …
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“Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.” The great Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) –timeless artist, engineer, architect, mathematician, and scientist, with profound knowledge in science from anatomy and optics to physics to light –is commemorated at the Louvre Museum, Paris for the fifth centenary of his death. In his quest to understand the relation between the physical and the metaphysical, he spent a lifetime studying the human being and its place in the universe. His extraordinary creativity, endless genius, and artistic talents arching far beyond the perceptual and scientific realities of …
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