Stripped Bare : : The Art of Animal Anatomy / / David Bainbridge.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Bainbridge, David,
• MitwirkendeR: Brehm, Alfred,; Coiter, Volcher,; Cuvier, Georges,; Dürer, Albrecht,; Haeckel, Ernst,; Muybridge, Edweard,; Owen, Richard,; Ruini, Carlo,; Stubbs, George,; Thompson, D’Arcy Wentworth,; da Vinci, Leonardo,; y Cajal, Santiago Ramón,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

A lavishly illustrated compendium of the art and history of animal anatomy from antiquity to todayFor more than two thousand years, comparative anatomy—the study of anatomical variation among different animal species—has been used to make arguments in natural philosophy, reinforce religious dogma, and remind us of our own mortality. This stunningly illustrated compendium traces the intertwined intellectual and artistic histories of comparative anatomy from antiquity to today.Stripped Bare brings together some of the most arresting images ever produced, from the earliest studies of animal form to the technicolor art of computer-generated anatomies. David Bainbridge draws on representative illustrations from different eras to discuss the philosophical, scientific, and artistic milieus from which they emerged. He vividly describes the unique aesthetics of each phase of anatomical endeavor, providing new insights into the exquisite anatomical drawings of Leonardo and Albrecht Dürer in the era before printing, Jean Héroard’s cutting and cataloging of the horse during the age of Louis XIII, the exotic pictorial menageries of the Comte de Buffon in the eighteenth century, anatomical illustrations from Charles Darwin’s voyages, the lavish symmetries of Ernst Haeckel’s prints, and much, much more.Featuring a wealth of breathtaking color illustrations throughout, Stripped Bare is a panoramic tour of the intricacies of vertebrate life as well as an expansive history of the peculiar and beautiful ways humans have attempted to study and understand the natural world.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. The study of animal anatomy has led to some of the most striking images ever created -- 1. BEFORE THE PRESS: From Antiquity to the Renaissance -- For ancient animal art, the medium is as important as the message -- Animal as Machine -- The Wonderful Line -- 2. THE HORSE STRIPPED BARE: Cutting and cataloging: 16th–19th centuries -- Of all the beasts, one species reigns supreme in the art of animal anatomy -- Anatomia del Cavallo, 1598 -- The Anatomy of the Horse, 1766 -- 3. Bewildering Variety: A pictorial menagerie: 16th–19th centuries -- The sheer variety of animal life has proved irresistible to the artist -- De Partibus Similaribus Humani Corporis, 1575 -- Le Règne Animal, 1817 -- Tierleben, 1864–1869 -- The Anatomy of Vertebrates, 1866 -- 4. EMBRYOS & ANCESTORS: Evolution and development in the 19th century -- In the nineteenth century, science needed art and art assimilated science -- Development of the embryo, development of the race -- Animal Locomotion: An electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements, 1887 -- Textura del Sistema Nervioso del Hombre y de los Vertebrados, 1899–1904 -- 5. ONWARD, INWARD, OUTWARD: The wonders of life since 1900 -- The last century has seen more biological discovery and artistic innovations than any other -- On Growth and Form, 1917 -- Index -- Credits