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The image I chose was Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical sketches, the reason I chose this artwork and drawings was it intrigues me how precise Da Vinci's drawings were and how he viewed the anatomy of the human body. Back then there wasn't x-rays or any technological advancements that would allow someone to see the human body but Da Vici was able to use his mind and envision how the anatomy of the human body is and draw it. The drawings many of his first human images were anatomically inaccurate representations of received wisdom about the structures, functions, and connections of the human body. As an artist, engineer and sculptor he didn't just want to construct the artworks he wanted to know how the human body worked and where certain emotions

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