Documenti di Didattica
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anatomy
botany
15th – 16th c.
Andreas VESALIUS
St Sebastian by Mantegna
(1480) Moses by Michelangelo (1513-15)
However the study of ANATOMY was even more important for
physicians, especially surgeons, to heal sick or wounded people.
Anatomy is the base of medical sciences.
Artists and physicians worked together to get a better knowledge
of the human body.
Foetus in the Womb by VINCI Human Brain by VESALIUS
The Flemish anatomist Andreas VESALIUS, 1514-1564, is
considered as the founder of modern anatomy.