With permission to dissect at Santa Maria Nuova in Florence and later in Milan and Rome, I made more than 240 detailed anatomical drawings and about 13,000 words toward a treatise on anatomy.

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I dissected cadavers and drew a foetus in utero

With permission to dissect at Santa Maria Nuova in Florence and later in Milan and Rome, I made more than 240 detailed anatomical drawings and about 13,000 words toward a treatise on anatomy.

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How I build sfumato, the smoke in the Mona Lisa

In the Mona Lisa I developed sfumato, "Leonardo's smoke": oils blended on the surface so no brushstroke shows, with shadowed corners of mouth and eyes that leave the smile unresolved.

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I painted the moment of betrayal in The Last Supper

For the refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan I painted the instant after Jesus says "one of you will betray me", designing each disciple's reaction as art built from expression and gesture.

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I paint, draw, engineer and study the living world

I work as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor and architect, and I keep notebooks that join art and science across anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography and painting.

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