The Ingenious machine of nature : four centuries of art and anatomy /
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Cazort, Mimi. Kornell, Monique. Roberts, K. B. |
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| Other Corporate Authors / Creators: | National Gallery of Canada. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada, 1996. |
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| Retention: | Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials |
| Summary: | Renaissance art and the descriptive science of human anatomy were born at exactly the same<br> moment in Italy around 1500. Anatomists needed artists to illustrate their books, and artists<br> needed anatomists to help them understand the body's structure, movement, and function. The<br> illustrations which they devised together mark the longest unbroken collaboration between<br> scientists and artists in western culture. These "maps of the body" established the basis for the<br> figurative tradition in painting and sculpture which lasts to this day. The exhibition catalogue<br> reproduces anatomical drawings, prints, and illustrated books, and includes examples by<br> major artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Durer, and Rubens but also<br> the eloquent illustrations by lesser known artists. The text, written for the interested layman as<br> well as the specialist, explores popular anatomical broadsheets, the teaching of anatomy to<br> young artists, female anatomy as revealing the origins of life, the anatomical dissection theatres, and "anatomy satirized." |
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| Item Description: | Exhibition catalogue. Issued also in French under title: L'ingénieuse machine humaine. |
| Physical Description: | 261 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references: pages 241-258. Includes index. |
| ISBN: | 0888846576 |