Didem DÖNMEZ, Oğuz TAŞKINALP, Menekşe KARAHAN

Da Vinci’s foot illustration and its errors

Leonardo da Vinci is an important philosopher, astronomer, architect, engineer, inventor, mathematician, anatomist, musi-cian, sculptor, writer and painter who lived in the Renaissance period. In addition to his skills in numerous diverse areas ofstudy, he has important contributions to anatomy, cornerstone of medicine. Leonardo da Vinci performed many cadaver dis-sections. His anatomical illustartions are brilliant, despite the limitations of his time. However, a number of errors have beenfound in these illustrations. Here, we interpreted the illustration of da Vinci named “The anatomy of a foot”.

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