Kusukawa Sachiko - Andreas Vesalius Anatomy And The World Of Books - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: A revisionist biography of Andreas Vesalius - the father of modern anatomy - as deeply shaped by Renaissance culture. In 1543 the young and ambitious physician Andreas Vesalius published one of the most famous books in the history of medicine On the Fabric of the Human Body. While we often think of dissection as destroying the body Vesalius believed that it helped him understand how to construct the human body. In this book Sachiko Kusukawa shows how Vesalius's publication emerged from the interplay of Renaissance art printing technology and classical tradition. She challenges the conventional view of Vesalius as a proto - modern anti - authoritarian father of anatomy through a more nuanced account of how Vesalius exploited cultural and technological developments to create a big and beautiful book that propelled him into imperial circles and secured his enduring fame.
Title: Andreas Vesalius Anatomy And The World Of Books
Author(s): Kusukawa Sachiko
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Barcode: 9781789148527
Pages: 280 Pages
Publication Date: 7/30/2024
Series: Renaissance Lives
Category: History Of Medicine