Editorial: The University of Chicago Press
Colección: Medieval Lives
Número de páginas: 232 págs.
Fecha de edición: 01-08-2023
EAN: 9781789146813
ISBN: 978-1-78914-681-3
Precio (sin IVA): 22,67 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 23,58 €
This book is the first history of medieval European anatomical images. Richly illustrated, it explores the many ways in which medieval surgeons, doctors, monks, and artists understood and depicted human anatomy. Taylor McCall refutes the common misconception that Renaissance artists and anatomists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Andreas Vesalius were the fathers of anatomy who performed the first human dissections. On the contrary, she argues that these Renaissance figures drew upon centuries of visual and written tradition in their works.