Blog 4
I was highly intrigued when I saw this weeks subject material.
So far we have learned how science and art are related, even how math and art
are related, but Medicine and art? It just seemed hard to believe. But as I did
my research and watched the lectures the many interrelations between the two
subjects became clear to me. The material that influenced my understanding of
this week’s topic the most was the information on human dissection and its
influences on both art and science in history. It is interesting to see how people’s
interest in human anatomy and dissection is just as strong today as it was in
the early 15th century. Andrea Vessalius’s work stuck out to me as
the most influential art of this genre. As pictured below, his work is both
extremely beautiful and scientifically accurate. He is a physician, an anatomist,
and an artist and is credited to be the founder of modern human anatomy.
In modern
culture, people are still enthralled with human anatomy and new technology has
allowed us to advance further in the field and in replicating the human body
accurately. A few years ago I went to the Body Worlds Exhibit that was
discussed in the lecture. I found it to be incredibly interesting and a great
display of collaboration between medicine, technology, and art. My favorite
displays in the museum were the ones that showed the bodies doing activities.
As shown below, the added effect of them being set up as if they are still alive
adds a more artistic feel to the display.
Our
cultures infatuation with human anatomy in art is expressed more often then one
would think. In fact just the other day I was in the clothing store Urban
Outfitters and saw this poster that relates perfectly to the subject and
displays how prevalent it is in our society.
CITATION
"Vivas Figuras Delas Partes Del
Cuerpo Humano, Impressas En Moldes De Metal Conel Epitome De Andres Vesalio,
Donde Se Contiene En Summa La Historia Dela Fabrica Del Cuerpo Del Hõbre: Y Con
Otro Libro De Diego Greuino Dela Mesma Materia Traduzido Todo... Valverde De
Amusco, Juan De; Vesalius." Vivas Figuras Delas Partes Del Cuerpo
Humano, Impressas En Moldes De Metal Conel Epitome De Andres Vesalio, Donde Se
Contiene En Summa La Historia Dela Fabrica Del Cuerpo Del Hõbre: Y Con Otro Libro
De Diego Greuino Dela Mesma Materia Traduzido Todo... , Juan De; Vesalius
Valverde De Amusco. Eric Chiam Kilne Bookseller, n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.
"Body Worlds: Exhibits Are More
than Skin Deep | CLIK/HEAR | Multimedia, Photography, Video Showcase of The
Palm Beach Post." CLIKHEAR RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.
"L'Anatomie Poster - Urban
Outfitters." Urban Outfitters. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.
Vesna, Victoria. “Medicine
and Art: Part 2.” YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded>.
"Andreas Vesalius
(1514-1564)." BBC News. BBC, n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.
I really liked your post. I agree that the topics seemed really disjointed before watching the lectures, and that only through doing the work this week could the connection become clear. It is definitely true that pop culture sees an obsession with anatomical designs, and I really liked your example of this with the poster from Urban Outfitters. I also liked your examples of artistic representations of the body, especially given that they are from different time periods. This really captures the way that technology has helped artistic representations advance in this field.
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