Extracts: Sketches

Drawing units grouped by visual subject and source family

Sketch extracts are organized as study clusters so visitors can move from an isolated drawing idea back to its manuscript family and subject context.

Anatomy Drawings

Dissections, skulls, muscles, organs, fetal studies, and proportional systems.

Indexed

Flight Studies

Bird motion, wings, air resistance, and machine sketches.

Indexed

Machine Components

Gears, screws, springs, cams, bearings, and transfer mechanisms.

Indexed

Hydraulics and Water

Currents, eddies, canals, pumps, and water as both force and model.

Indexed

Optics and Vision

Light paths, eye diagrams, shadows, mirrors, and visual perception.

Indexed

Architecture and Fortification

Plans, cities, military works, churches, stairs, and structural thinking.

Indexed

Botany and Landscape

Plants, branching, terrain, growth patterns, and environmental observation.

Indexed

Geometry Studies

Proportion, solids, diagrams, and mathematical drawing practice.

Indexed