The Vitruvian Man one of Leonardo Da Vinci's most famous works just shows how through art science can be advanced. Leonardo didn't have formal training as a scientist, but contrary to the scientists of his time, Leonardo was one of the first scientists to use the basic scientific method that we see today. He would observe some action and question how is was being accomplished and would then spend time and observe the action in process and he managed to develop many sound theories because of this. For the Vitruvian Man Leonardo spent hour on hours observing hoe the human body moved and was able to draw an accurate portrait of how the human muscles work.
One thing Leonardo did that really connected his work to the future was he kept diaries and in these all of his observations and work are contained.
The most difficult part for understanding Leonardo's work is that he wrote his journals in mirror handwriting. What this means is that to read his journals you need to be able to either read backwards or get a mirror and read his writing by looking at it through a mirror. Da Vinci's work has really captured people's attention in the modern day because many of his invention designs are actually plausible. He didn't include everything that would be needed for the machines to work but the designs are sound otherwise. This has let many people to make his inventions because we now that the technology and materials to make his inventions plausible. Just think Da Vinci was a scientist without formal training in science but through observing his surroundings he was able to come up with many amazing inventions.
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