Posts tagged anatomy
Electric Human Suit
Droll rat, they would shoot you if they knew
Your cosmopolitan sympathies
Anatomical Plates of Bartholomeo Eustachi - Illustrating venous system, musculature, thoracic arteries, and peripheral nerves
I like to think of them as plates of dancing anatomical models.
Tabulae anatomicae. Andrea Massimini, illustrations by Bartholomeo Eustachi, 1783.
Nude Female Anatomical Figure, artist unknown, from Arzneibuch, 1524–c. 1550
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La Monarisa
by Jose Rosero
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A compleat treatise of the muscles, as they appear in the humane body, and arise in dissection, 1681
John Browne
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Man (Homo sapiens sapiens), Cow (Bos taurus), and Ram (Ovis aries)
The structure of the ruminant animals varies considerably. It’s important for the artist to recognize the vertebral layout and rib structure, even of animals that are covered in thick wool or fur. Wild bovids (such as bison) and aurochs have extended cervical vertebrae that form a “hump” over their shoulders.
A Comparative View of the Human and Animal Frame. B. Waterhouse Hawkins, 1860.
My favourite description of a cow’s anatomy is Jack Hamm’s “a skeleton covered in a garbage bag full of water”.
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Jacques Gautier d’Agoty, from Myologie complette en couleur et grandeur naturelle, 1746
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Coition of a Hemisected Man and Woman;. 1492
Renaissance X-Ray smut.
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A skeleton dances a lively step; in the background an arrangement of bones float in the air. Berrettini’s exuberant flourishes take their cue from the theatricalism of baroque drama and court entertainments.