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Human anatomy : from the Renaissance to the digital age / Benjamin A. Rifkin ; Michael J. Ackerman ; biographies by Judith Folkenberg.
- Title
- Human anatomy : from the Renaissance to the digital age / Benjamin A. Rifkin ; Michael J. Ackerman ; biographies by Judith Folkenberg.
- Author
- Rifkin, Benjamin A.
- Publication
- New York : Abrams, c2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | NC760 .R54 2006 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Ackerman, Michael J., 1946-
- Description
- 343 p. : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Before the invention of photography, artists played an essential role in the work of anatomists, recording their discoveries in drawings, which were later reproduced as prints that could be studied throughout the scientific world. Starting with the groundbreaking drawings of Leonardo da Vinci - who was, uniquely, both a great artist and a great scientist - these anatomical illustrations developed into an important art form, one that contributed to the maturation of both art and science." "This illustrated book chronicles the remarkable history of anatomical illustration from the Renaissance to the digital Visible Human project of today. Its survey of five and one-half centuries of meticulous visual description by anatomists and artists will be a welcome addition to the libraries of artists, art students, doctors, and anyone interested in the history of science."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Atlas
- Atlases
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The art of anatomy / Benjamin A. Rifkin -- Vesalius -- Estienne -- Valverde -- Eustachi -- Casseri and Spieghel -- Bidloo and Cowper -- Ruysch -- Cheselden -- Albinus -- Gautier d'Agoty -- Smellie and Hunter -- Gamelin -- Bell -- Ballie, Willan, Cruveilhier, and Carswell -- Cloquet and Sarlandière -- Bourgery -- Quain, Maclise, and Ellis -- Gray -- Braune -- Anatomy in the digital age / Michael J. Ackerman -- McCracken.
- ISBN
- 0810955458
- 9780810955455
- LCCN
- ^^2005022192
- OCLC
- 61253857
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library