scholarly journals The flight of the shrike. The ornithological representation in the Baptism of Christ (1470-1475 c.) by Andrea del Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-64
Author(s):  
Marco Masseti
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Da Vinci ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Leonardo Da Vinci ◽  
Italian Renaissance ◽  
High Degree

The artists of the Italian Renaissance were keen observers of nature. Their works are often enriched with realistic details that inform us about the high degree of their scientific knowledge. In the particular case of the Baptism of Christ (1470-1475 c.) by Andrea del Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci, the careful depiction of certain bird species, including a red-backed shrike and a redstart, reveals precise meanings closely related to Christological symbolism.

scholarly journals The Babinski sign in Renaissance paintings—a reappraisal of the toe phenomenon in representations of the Christ Child: observational analysis

BMJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. m4556
Author(s):  
François Sellal ◽  
Laurent Tatu
Keyword(s):  
Da Vinci ◽  
Outcome Measure ◽  
Leonardo Da Vinci ◽  
Italian Renaissance ◽  
Large Collection ◽  
Babinski Sign ◽  
Observational Analysis ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
Foot Sole Stimulation ◽  
Stimulation Of

Abstract Objective To investigate systematically the presence of the Babinski sign in paintings of the Christ Child by the greatest painters of the Renaissance. Design Observational analysis. Setting Large collection of paintings depicting the Christ Child from Flemish, Rhenish, and Italian schools between 1400 and 1550 CE, searched using published catalogues and Google. Study sample 302 Renaissance paintings (by 19 painters) depicting the Christ Child. Main outcome measure Babinski sign, defined as a hallux extension with an amplitude greater than 30°. The presence of foot sole stimulation was also noted. Results An unquestionable upgoing toe was apparent in 90 (30%) of the 302 paintings. The Babinski sign was present in more than 60% of Christ Child paintings by Rogier van der Weyden, Hans Memling, Martin Schongauer, and Matthias Grünewald. A bilateral Babinski sign was observed in three paintings. Stimulation of the sole was noted in 48/90 (53%) paintings and was always present in paintings by Andrea del Verrocchio, Leonardo da Vinci, and Giorgione. No association existed between the presence of the Babinski sign and the period during which the painter was active. Conclusions Four main factors were noted in relation to the representation of the Babinski sign in paintings of the Christ Child: the physiological toe phenomenon in infants, the representation of the nudity of the Christ by painters during the 15th century to demonstrate the incarnation, Renaissance painters’ need for precise observation of anatomy, and the desire of some Rhenish and Flemish painters to depict very realistic details. Italian Renaissance painters, whether Mannerist or not, tended to idealise the beauty of human body, and they often did not reproduce the Babinski sign.

scholarly journals The Digital Renaissance from da Vinci to Turing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tula Giannini ◽  
Jonathan P. Bowen
Keyword(s):  
Da Vinci ◽  
Leonardo Da Vinci ◽  
Italian Renaissance ◽  
Alan Turing ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Uk ◽  
London Conference

The Italian Renaissance started a rebirth of culture and knowledge not experienced since Roman times. Leonardo da Vinci was arguably the leading polymath of the era. We are now in the throes of a Digital Renaissance, arguably started by Alan Turing in England. This paper draws some parallels between these two periods and speculates on the future of digital developments, especially in the context of the EVA Florence conference in Italy and the EVA London conference in the UK.

scholarly journals L’Italia, l’arte e la poesia nel Fra Beato Andželiko di Nikolaj Gumilëv

2018 ◽  
pp. 251-258
Author(s):  
Giulia Baselica
Keyword(s):  
Da Vinci ◽  
Leonardo Da Vinci ◽  
Italian Renaissance

The lyric poem Fra Andželiko (1912) was inspired by the vivid impressions Nikolaj Gumilëv gained during his Italian tour in the very same year. The work should be seen in its context that acts as a background for the gumilevian perception of the artistic civilization of the Italian Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaello, Benvenuto Cellini, Michelangelo are here awakened, described and matched to the eponymous character. This article aims to reconstruct the image of Italy, of Poetry and to depict the poet through the verses of the poem.

scholarly journals New results with regard to the Flora bust controversy: radiocarbon dating suggests nineteenth century origin

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ina Reiche ◽  
Lucile Beck ◽  
Ingrid Caffy
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
Da Vinci ◽  
Calibration Method ◽  
Leonardo Da Vinci ◽  
Italian Renaissance ◽  
Chemical Analyses ◽  
Sperm Whales ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Intense Debate

AbstractMany works of art have been attributed to Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), the great artist-scientist-engineer of the Italian Renaissance; however, art historians have struggled to find definitive proof to connect Leonardo to these art pieces. The Flora wax bust in the Bode Museum, Berlin, was attributed to Leonardo because her face resembles several Leonardo portraits, but this attribution has the subject of intense debate since the bust’s acquisition in 1909. Using new chemical analyses and absolute 14C dating, we are able to resolve the question of authenticity. We show that the Flora wax bust is made primarily of spermaceti which was extracted from sperm whales. Therefore, 14C dating must consider the Marine Reservoir Effect. We have generated a new calibration method and dated the bust to the 19th c. This proves that the bust was not produced during the Renaissance, and thus cannot be attributed to da Vinci, and illustrates that 14C dating can be applied to unusual materials.

Leonardo Da Vinci. The Apology of Eye

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4-2) ◽  
pp. 412-428
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Mayorova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Da Vinci ◽  
Leonardo Da Vinci ◽  
Italian Renaissance ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Renaissance Period ◽  
The One ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Mechanical Arts ◽  
Better Than

The article is devoted to Leonardo da Vinci’s “eye is less deceived than any other sense” maxima. Leonardo’s belief about painting being the most perfect instrument for one’s ontology and epistemology is shown. Based on Leonardo da Vinci’s “Treatise on Painting”, a compilation of Leonardo’s works, the author explores how visual arts (and painting in particular) had come up to the forefront of the Italian Renaissance. Moreover, it is shown how painting takes a leading cultural role in Europe even to this day following the Renaissance. The article reveals why Leonardo da Vinci viewed painting to be better than science, mechanical arts and other liberal arts. The article considers the possibility of transforming personal experience into the universal experience of mankind. It also considers the focus on experience, direct comprehension of reality and varietà concept. The article is dedicated to the peculiarity of Leonardo’s art style, including its unique sfumato technique and chiaroscuro. The article also deals with the idea of Leonardo being the personification of the Renaissance’s creativity. As a result, he was the one who encapsulated the Renaissance period and simultaneously laid the foundation for further development of the arts for several centuries.

scholarly journals The anatomy of the brain – learned over the centuries

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 319
Author(s):  
Luiz Severo Bem Junior ◽  
Nilson Batista Lemos ◽  
Luís Felipe Gonçalves de Lima ◽  
Artêmio José Araruna Dias ◽  
Otávio da Cunha Ferreira Neto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
Da Vinci ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
Leonardo Da Vinci ◽  
Brain Anatomy ◽  
Andreas Vesalius ◽  
The Brain

This article reports the evolution and consolidation of the knowledge of neuroanatomy through the analysis of its history. Thus, we propose to describe in a historical review to summarize the main theories and concepts that emerged throughout brain anatomy history and understand how the socio-historical context can reflect on the nature of scientific knowledge. Therefore, among the diverse scientists, anatomists, doctors, and philosophers who were part of this history, there was a strong influence of the studies of Claudius Galen (AD 129–210), Leonardo da Vinci (1452– 1519), Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564), Franciscus Sylvius (1614–1672), Luigi Rolando (1773–1831), Pierre Paul Broca (1824–1880), Carl Wernicke (1848–1905), Korbinian Brodmann (1868–1918), Wilder Penfield (1891–1976), Mahmut Gazi Yasargil (1925), and Albert Loren Rhoton Jr. (1932–2016) on the fundamentals of neuroanatomy.

scholarly journals Arts and science under the sign of Leonardo. The case of the National Museum of Science and Technology ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ of Milan

2009 ◽  
Vol 08 (02) ◽  
pp. C03
Author(s):  
Claudio Giorgione
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Da Vinci ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Leonardo Da Vinci ◽  
Set Design ◽  
National Museum ◽  
The Public

Drawing on the example of Leonardo da Vinci, who was able to combine arts and science in his work, the National Museum of Science and Technology of Milan has always pursued the blending and the dialogue of humanistic and scientific knowledge. It has employed this approach in all of its activities, from the set design of exhibition departments to the acquisition of collections and, more recently, in the dialogue with the public. Now more than ever, following a renewal path for the Museum, these guidelines are being subject to research to achieve a new and more up-to-date interpretation.

Replication of Internal Biological Surfaces

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 308-309
Author(s):  
J. A. Nowell ◽  
J. Pangborn ◽  
W. S. Tyler
Keyword(s):  
Da Vinci ◽  
Leonardo Da Vinci ◽  
Rat Lung ◽  
Tubular Structures ◽  
Cerebral Ventricles ◽  
Internal Surfaces ◽  
Biological Surfaces ◽  
Dog Kidney ◽  
Lung And Kidney ◽  
Scanning Electron

Leonardo da Vinci in the 16th century, used injection replica techniques to study internal surfaces of the cerebral ventricles. Developments in replicating media have made it possible for modern morphologists to examine injection replicas of lung and kidney with the scanning electron microscope (SEM). Deeply concave surfaces and interrelationships to tubular structures are difficult to examine with the SEM. Injection replicas convert concavities to convexities and tubes to rods, overcoming these difficulties.Batson's plastic was injected into the renal artery of a horse kidney. Latex was injected into the pulmonary artery and cementex in the trachea of a cat. Following polymerization the tissues were removed by digestion in concentrated HCl. Slices of dog kidney were aldehyde fixed by immersion. Rat lung was aldehyde fixed by perfusion via the trachea at 30 cm H2O. Pieces of tissue 10 x 10 x 2 mm were critical point dried using CO2. Selected areas of replicas and tissues were coated with silver and gold and examined with the SEM.

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