ABSTRACT
Leonardo da Vinci’s assorted accomplishments – in the fields of art and architecture, engineering, anatomy, and science – have been commemorated in thousands of text books, and his appearance and personality have been imagined and debated. Within the broad field of science, investigations of the natural world are carried out using a series of standardised practices which have come to be known as the 'Scientific Method'. This simple method comprised three steps: observation, experimentation and repetition. Again, Leonardo emphasises the importance of visual representation in his experimentation, stating that 'all science that ends in words has death rather than life'. Over the course of his anatomical studies, Leonardo produced many detailed drawings of the human brain and skull from varying perspectives, showing cranial nerves and meningeal arteries. After nearly 20 years of study and experimentation, Leonardo's intention was to produce a comprehensive treatise on anatomy, entitled De Figura Humana, by the year 1510.
