Art in Anatomy Posters and Art Prints

Jacques Fabian Gautier D'Agoty
b. 1717; Marseilles
d. 1785

John Arderne
one of the "Fathers of Modern Surgery"
b. 1307; England
d. 1392

Michelangelo Buonarroti
b. 3-6-1475; Italy
d. 2-18-1564

• Michelangelo posters

Georges Cuvier
b. 8-23-1769; Montbéliard (Germany)
d. 5-13-1832

French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist, Georges Cuvier, collaborated on the publication Histoire naturelle des poissons, a description of 5000 species of fishes.

• salt water fish posters
• Georges Cuvier portrait
• Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo Cuvier print

Vitruvian Man

Da Vinci's drawing, Vitruvian Man (1487), is based on the ideal human proportions suggested by ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, thus its name. In one image, a human (male) superimposed on the universal geometric forms of a circle and square, daVinci expressed his belief that the workings of the human body are an analogy for the workings of the universe, a microcosm in a macrocosm. - Note: Leonardo observed individuals actual proportions, and found that the circle and square could not share the same center.

• more anatomy in art posters
• Proportions of Man with Occult Numbers print

Albrecht Dürer
b. 5-21-1471; Germany
d. 4-6-1528

• more Albrecht Durer posters
• more bird posters

Ernst Haeckel
b. 2-16-1834; Germany
d. 8-8-1919

Ernest Haeckel was an accomplished artist as well as a biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor and supporter of Charles Darwin. He also coined the term ecology in biology studies.

• Art Forms in Nature: The Prints of Ernst Haeckel
• Ernst Haeckel portrait

Hieronymus Fabricius
b. 1537; Italy
d. 1619

• more skeletal system posters

Anatomical Study-
Peter Paul Rubens
b. 6-28-1577; Siegen, Westphalia, (modern Germany)
d. 5-30-1640

Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
b. 7-15-1606/7; The Netherlands
d. 10-4-1669

Frederik Ruysch
b. 3-23-1638; The Netherlands
d. 2-22-1731

• Prof. Ruysch daughter Rachel is a noted artist for her still life paintings of flowers.

Andreas Vesalius
b. 12-31-1514; Brussels
d. 10-15-1564; Island of Zakynthos- on a pilgrimage to the Holy Lands

Andreas Vesalius was an innovative Early Renaissance anatomist and teacher who carried out dissection himself with students present, and kept meticulous drawings, rather than relying on the work of Galen.

Vesalius quote ~
• “Adam sons do not lack a rib, therefore Eva must have originated from somewhere else.”

• health care practitioners