Title The development of the study of anatomy from the Renaissance to Cartesianism : da Carpi, Vesalius, Estienne, Bidloo / Raphaël Cuir ; with a foreword by Yves Hersant

Published Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 198 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) Contents THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDY OF ANATOMY FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO CARTESIANISM: da Carpi, Vesalius, Estienne, Bidloo -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Plate 1 -- Plate 2 -- Plate 3 -- Plate 4 -- Plate 5 -- Plate 6 -- Plate 7 -- Plate 8 -- Plate 9 -- Plate 10 -- Plate 11 -- Plate 12 -- Plate 13 -- Plate 14 -- Plate 15 -- Plate 16 -- Plate 17 -- Plate 18 -- Plate 19 -- Plate 20 -- Plate 21 -- Plate 22 -- Plate 23 -- Plate 24 -- Plate 25 -- Plate 26 -- Plate 27 -- Plate 28 -- Plate 29 -- Plate 30 -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Anatomy is a Humanist Discipline -- Chapter 2 -- The Natural Philosophy of Art and Aesthetic Teleology -- Chapter 3 -- Natural Philosophy of the Living: Teleological Anatomy -- Chapter 4 -- The Eschatology of Anatomy -- Chapter 5 -- Anatomical Eros -- Chapter 6 -- The Anatomical Conquest of the Self -- Chapter 7 -- The Death of the Ecorche, or Cartesian Anatomy -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index Summary This book is the first to focus on a paradox of anatomical images from the Renaissance to the 18th century: the representation of skeletons and flayed figures in a state of animation, i. e. apparently endowed with life despite the logical impossibility of this being so. The exploration of this phenomenon-a paradox in modern eyes only-entails careful study of the deep coherence between artistic and anatomical theory, a coherence that developed within the same framework of thinking (humanist rhetoric), and was determined by a dominant philosophical concept (teleology). Scientific and aesthetic t Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Anatomy, Artistic. Human figure in art. Art and science. Art, European. Human beings in art. Anatomy -- history Anatomists -- history History, Early Modern 1451-1600 Medicine in the Arts Anatomy, Artistic ART -- Techniques -- Life Drawing. Anatomy, Artistic Art and science Art, European Human figure in art SUBJECT Europe. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045631 Europe Subject Europe Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773444089 0773444084

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