Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)

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The school of Athens: a gathering of ancient philosophers. Engraving by G. Mochetti after Raphael.

An academy in which men discuss the branches of study required in the education of artists: the antique, anatomy, perspective and geometry Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1728, after Carlo Maratta.

In all muscular pain Tab. Lobak : why should Lobak work in neck sprain?.

Zur Physik Leonardo da Vincis / [Otto Werner].

Leonardo da Vinci. Line engraving by D. Cunego, 1782, after G. Collani.

Leonardo da Vinci. Line engraving by C. Warren, 1824.

In all muscular pain Tab. Lobak : why should Lobak work in muscle-contraction headache and neuralgia?.

The school of Athens: a gathering of Greek philosophers disputing with Saint Paul the Apostle. Engraving by G. Ghisi, 1550, after Raphael.

In all muscular pain Tab. Lobak : where does Lobak work?.

Leonardo da Vinci : anatomist / Martin Clayton and Ron Philo.

Léonard de Vinci, dessins anatomiques (anatomie artistique, descriptive et fonctionnelle) / choix et présentation par Pierre Huard.

Leonardo da Vinci : the marvellous works of nature and man / Martin Kemp.

Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man forms the backdrop to a list of dates for the 1996 'Medical journey' meetings about HIV and AIDS issues held at the Café PositHIV in Berlin by the Berliner AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph.

Galen, Vesalius, da Vinci - anatomists / William H. Washburn.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Barbara. Engraving by J. Steinmüller, 1827, after Leonardo da Vinci (?).

Head and shoulders of a man, seen from the left, showing the muscles of the neck, chest and shoulder. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1651.

Twenty-four grotesque heads. Process print after L. Da Vinci.

Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Lithograph by J. Dickson after Cesare da Sesto.

Bust of a lean male, looking down to his lower right. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1648.

Head and shoulders of a hideous old woman wearing an escoffin over a wimple. Colour stipple engraving by B. Pastorini, 1806, after L. da Vinci.

Inventions: various illustrations taken from mediaeval or later manuscripts. Process print, 1905.

Beauty: illustrated chiefly by an analysis and classification of beauty in women / Preceded by a critical view of the general hypotheses respecting beauty, by Hume, Hogarth, Burke, Knight, Alison, etc., and followed by a similar view of the hypotheses of beauty in sculpture and painting by Leonardo da Vinci, Winckelmann, Mengs, Bossi, etc. By Alexander Walker. Illustrated by drawings from life, by Henry Howard.

Cross-section of skull in profile view, showing the intercranial nerves and vessels. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1651.

Leonardo da Vinci. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1795, after Leonardo da Vinci.

A male torso without an arm, in left profile view. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1645.

The proportions of the human figure / by Joseph Bonomi.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist and an angel. Engraving after Leonardo da Vinci.

Characters and caricatures; the idealized heads of Saint John and Saint Paul are contrasted with grotesque heads, above them rises a cloud of faces showing different expressions. Etching by W. Hogarth.

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Léonard de Vinci, dessins anatomiques (anatomie artistique, descriptive et fonctionnelle) / choix et présentation par Pierre Huard.

Bust of a lean male, looking down to his lower right. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1648.

The proportions of the human figure / by Joseph Bonomi.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist and an angel. Engraving after Leonardo da Vinci.

Characters and caricatures; the idealized heads of Saint John and Saint Paul are contrasted with grotesque heads, above them rises a cloud of faces showing different expressions. Etching by W. Hogarth.

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Léonard de Vinci, dessins anatomiques (anatomie artistique, descriptive et fonctionnelle) / choix et présentation par Pierre Huard.

Bust of a lean male, looking down to his lower right. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1648.

The proportions of the human figure / by Joseph Bonomi.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist and an angel. Engraving after Leonardo da Vinci.

Characters and caricatures; the idealized heads of Saint John and Saint Paul are contrasted with grotesque heads, above them rises a cloud of faces showing different expressions. Etching by W. Hogarth.

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