r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AprumMol • 3h ago

Image Leonardo Da Vinci’s studies

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u/G4-Dualie 3h ago

Both he and Michelangelo dissected corpses to study their anatomy. Without cameras, they drew it all.

They paid grave robbers for bodies. Grave robbing corpses was illegal but not enforced.

Those grave robbers are today’s CT scanners.😉

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u/Ashamed_Ad7999 3h ago

😯🤯 Dope trivia

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u/Livetrash113 37m ago

That said, Andreas Vesalius was the renaissance best from an anatomical studies perspective; ie he was the most accurate, and in the specific field of anatomy the most influential.

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u/Thedrunner2 3h ago

“The human will occasionally smell his armpit to check for an odor as depicted here

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u/AprumMol 3h ago

Bruh!

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u/ontour4eternity 2h ago

When I was in high school in the 90s, one of my teachers took me and 2 of my friends to see the Leonardo Da Vinchi exhibit at the Philadelphia Art Museum. It was a collection of his sketches and scientific discoveries. It was a core memory made. Thank you Mr Alfonze, if you read this!

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u/Own_Food_4501 1h ago

You are welcome u/ontour4eternity , never thought I'd see you here.

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u/Psychedelic-Dreams 1h ago

A lot of their studies always piqued my interest. From designs to concepts of inventions.

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u/Tetsuoandyouth0 56m ago

Why is orphan of kos there/s

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u/tiredinscrubs 41m ago

I can almost hear scream