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Now we' ve got both sides of the page here. Look at that. Now what are we seeing here, is that a liver? Yes, it' s a study of the internal organs of the foetus. Leonardo clearly dissected preterm children. Yuk. Were they allowed to do that? Yes, he was doing it in monastery hospitals in full knowledge of the church. There was no prohibition. Really? In a Catholic country? How surprising. As long as it was done respectfully, there was direct papal sanction to conduct this sort of work. When Charles II acquired these, would he have felt that they added to his stature as a monarch interested in the arts and in sciences? He clearly had an interest in the arts and the sciences. He was founder of the Royal Society after all. I think they would have been regarded primarily as a curiosity in many ways, rather than understood in the way which we understand them. Oh works? So they wouldn' t have been regarded as works of art? Yes, well both works of art and scientific studies. Leonardo had a reputation at the time as a bizarre genius in some ways, and it was very obvious that he was taking the subject far beyond what anybody else at the time was doing. These drawings are unique. They are probably the jewel of the entire collection. |
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zhè yī yè tiē zhe shuāng miàn dí huà, kàn kàn wǒ men xiàn zài kàn dào de shì yí gè gān zàng? duì, zhè shì yí gè tāi ér de nèi zàng yán jiū. dá fēn qí xiǎn rán jiě pōu le yí gè zǎo chǎn ér, è yǔn xǔ tā men nà yàng zuò ma? jiào huì wán quán yǔn xǔ, tā yě shì zài jiào huì yī yuàn zuò de jiě pōu zài yí gè tiān zhǔ jiào guó jiā yě yǔn xǔ? tài jīng yà le zhǐ yào gōng gōng jìng jìng de jiào huáng jiù huì tóng yì jìn xíng zhè xiàng gōng zuò, zhā lǐ èr shì dé dào zhè běn huà jí de shí hòu yǒu méi yǒu jué de, zài yì shù hé kē xué fāng miàn, huì zēng zhǎng tā de shuǐ píng? tā duì yì shù hé kē xué què yǒu nóng hòu de xìng qù, hái jiàn lì le huáng jiā xué huì. wǒ xiǎng zhèi xiē huà, shǒu xiān shì mǎn zú le tā de hào qí xīn, ér bú shì xiàng jīn tiān wǒ men zhè yàng de lǐ jiě. suǒ yǐ zhèi xiē huà yě bù bèi kàn zuò shì yì shù zuò pǐn? bù |