We all know Leonardo has been a great naturalist since he was a young boy. The most important aspect of Leonardo as a nature observer, was he considered drawing not just a matter of lines and colors. He stated a great painter had to know how things are made inside. Leonardo was a great innovator, considering everything as a complex system: so under a body, he saw a fascinating machine, where every single muscle covers a simple task to give the body a complex aptitude.
He also loved mother nature's creatures. Frequently, when he found himself in a market, he bought birds simply to set them free. Then, he spent hours and hours observing them in the sky, while drawing figures in the air.
Leonardo exposed fundamental notions in flying theory: we can consider him a forerunner in science of aeronautics.
He also studied water dynamics, watching rivers and falls.
L'acqua che tocchi de fiumi è l'ultima di quella che andò e la prima di quella che viene. Così il tempo presente.
Leonardo Da Vinci
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