The History of Anatomy and Its Fascination

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Anatomy and Its Fascination:Anatomy as hierarchy Anatomy as space construction Anatomy as artAnatomy as knowledgeAnatomy as punishment

Anatomy as a discipline and the establishment of hierarchy

Engraving from Andreas Vesalius De Humani Corporis Fabrica 1543

Anatomy as space construction: space and power inside the anatomy theatre

The Anatomy Theatre at Leiden, c. 1700,

Anatomy as art

Study of the Tendons and Muscles of the Foot, Ankle and Lower Leg, c. 1510, Leonardo da Vinci

Studies of the Hand, c.1510, Leonardo da Vinci

Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Frederik Ruysch, 1683, Jan van Neck

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Frederik Ruysch, 1670, Adriaen Backer

The Anatomy Lesson of Professor Willem Roell, 1728, Cornelis Troost

Anatomy as knowledge

Muscle Man, plate from Andreas Vesalius Icones Anatomicae, 1543

Osteology Lesson of Dr Sebastiaen Egbertsz, 1619, Thomas de Keyser

Four Wardens of the Surgeon's Guild, 1744, Jan Mauritis Quikhard

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Jan Deijman, 1656, Rembrandt van Rijn

Anatomy as punishment

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp, 1632, Rembrandt van Rijn

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Sebastiaen Egbertsz, 1601-03, Aert Pietersz