#135 – Senso Comune – Leonardo da Vinci Part 25

Alberti wrote that before you could paint someone naked, you first had to paint their bones. LDV said “hold my beer – I’m going to paint their NERVES.” And he didn’t stop there. He wanted to understand every single aspect of how the human body worked. Most of it had nothing to do with painting – it was just science for the sake of science.