Leonardo Da Vinci fun facts

November 30 / 2017

Stage: b) planning

Approaches to learning: Information management and media literacy skills because I took the information that was given to me through the book and wrote what I thought was important in my very own words, I correctly referenced the book as well, meaning I did not commit plagiarism.

When I was in Florence, I went to a museum dedicated entirely to Leonardo Da Vinci and his inventions, at the gift shop, there were some very interesting books, one of them being about Leonardo´s thoughts on anatomy and experiments he did in order to have a further understanding of the human body. Regarding the brain, the book has two chapters, in one the brain and the eyes are both analyzed, and in the second one there is a study of the skull and the brain.

Chapter about the brain and the eyes 

- Leonardo wanted to find the centre of the senses, in other words, the seat of the soul.

- At the beginning of the 16th century he studied thoroughly the connection between the brain and the eyes. 

- He investigated the brain ventricles through a sculptural technique that involved injecting wax into the brain and allowing it to dry, once it dried it was removed and the prawn and its ventricles could be seen.

Chapter about the skull and the brain

- Leonardo drew his most advanced studies of the brain, it included a diagram of the ventricles of the brain based on his wax research, the cranial nerves and much more.

Reference of the book used:

Cianchi, M. (1998). Leonardo.Anatomy. (Pages 16-19 and 46-47). Florence: GIUNTI.