PREAMBLE: On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci on May 2, 1519 at the Clos Lucé Chateau in Amboise, donated by the King of France, François ler, the Institute of Human Paleontology, Foundation Albert I, Prince of Monaco, with the assistance of the Royal Castle of Amboise, the Clos Lucé Castle and the Mission Val-de-Loire, and with the support of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation, organized an international conference, entitled: “Leonard de Vinci, Anatomist, Pioneer of Comparative Anatomy, Biomechanics, Bionics and Physiognomy”. Researchers from Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the United States, France, Italy, New Zealand and Switzerland gathered on October 11 and 12. The program of lectures is attached. Programme-Intervenants-Colloque-Amboise-Sep25-19
AIMS: Several observations, several discoveries made during many dissection sessions, certainly much more than the dozen that Leonardo acknowledges having achieved, remained unknown to specialists, and were later recognized by anatomists. His observations are not written in the history of science. One of the goals of this symposium devoted to “Leonard de Vinci, Anatomist and Pioneer”, was to make known the discoveries he made during his many dissection sessions and were subsequently officially recognized. Another goal was to evoke the modern contributions of these different disciplines.
Group picture on the front steps of Clos Lucé
Participants in front of Chapel Saint-Hubert where Leonardo is buried
