#anatomy
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Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci, 1490
Gallerie dell'Accademia · wikidata.org
Public domain
Apparently he wrote in mirror script his whole life, which is why the note wrapped around this looks backwards rather than just badly handwritten. This was a private study of human proportion, not made for anyone else to see — and it's said to be so fragile now that it rarely leaves storage.
Erisava: This looks more like geometry or anatomy homework, but I still find it amazing.
Studies for the Libyan Sibyl by Michelangelo, 1511
Metropolitan Museum of Art · wikidata.org
This is one of several studies Michelangelo made while working out the Libyan Sibyl for the Sistine Chapel ceiling — the same sheet has more sketches on the back, including a small seated figure that never made it into the fresco. Apparently he drew from a male studio model even though the finished sibyl reads as a woman, which is why the anatomy here looks so unmistakably male.
Erisava: Is this actually finished, or just a page of practice sketches?