The catalogue of the exhibition which presents, through rare and unique original materials, Leonardo da Vinci's passion for studies of the proportions of the human figure and the modular divisions of the body of the horse
The catalogue of the exhibition which presents, through rare and unique original materials, Leonardo da Vinci’s passion for studies of the proportions of the human figure and the modular divisions of the body of the horse. Leonardo da Vince devoted numerous chapters of his Treatise on Painting to the proportions of human limbs and the dissections of animals and studies of their movements, including descriptions of battles and struggling horses.
The volume brings together rare drawings, sketches and documents all related to this strand in his work, presenting it intact in all its harmony