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Anatomical Studies of the Human Body

Detailed illustrations of human anatomy depicting muscles, skeletal structure, and anatomical models in various artistic styles and eras.

illustration from 'The anatomy of humane bodies' by William Cowper, (Oxford, 1698)
illustration from 'The anatomy of humane bodies' by William Cowper, (Oxford, 1698)
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Anatomical fugitive sheets
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Ramon Llull (1235-1316). Spanish writer and philosopher. Practica Compendiosa Artis Raymundi Lulli, 1523. Book 8. Medicine subject. Engraving depicting the human body and the influence of the stars (the astrological associations of the human body).
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Illustration from 'Les oeuures díAmbroise Pare' 1585 by Ambroise Pare, 1510-1590 French surgeon and anatomist
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Anatomical fugitive sheets
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Hermaphrodite from De Hermaphroditorum, 1614
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Illustration showing The nervous system. From Andreas Vesalius 'De humani corporis fabrica', Basle, 1543
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Muscles of the upper limbs, thorax, head and neck, anatomical study after Leonardo da Vinci, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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Male torso from neck to hip in profile to left 1645 Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian Male torso from neck to hip in profile to left, after Leonardo da Vinci. Male torso from neck to hip in profile to left 360771
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Extent of Motion, One Figure. Dated: published 1829. Medium: lithograph proof before letters. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Scharf after John Flaxman.
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Anatomy of the human arterial system in the upper torso. Handcoloured lithograph by St. Schillinger from Lorenz Oken's Universal Natural History, Allgemeine Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande, Stuttgart, 1839.
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Orthopaedic apparatus for the whole human body: posterior view. Engraving by G. Georgi, 1656.
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Areas of diseased skin on the arm and leg of a woman. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 18--.
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The human skeleton, from MANSUR'S ANATOMY, by the Persian scholar and physician, Mansur ibn Ilyas (ca. 1370-1423). The skeleton, is viewed from behind with the head hyperextended so that the mouth is at the top of the page. Ca. 15th or early 16th-century.
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England, London, The Wellcome Collection, 18th century Indian Anatomical Watercolour Painting depicting The Human Body
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Woodcut, Foetus sine collo bracchi aemulus, secundum partem anteriorem figuratus, fetus without neck and restless arm movements, Aldrovandi, Historia Monstrorum, 1642, Renaissance
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An écorché, seen from the front, with proportions marked, and (left) cranium and cervical vertebrae, with proportions of body. Engraving by C. Paroli, after a drawing by Michelangelo, 1760-1770.
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Anatomical image XXII, Jan Luyken, Jan Claesz ten Hoorn, 1680 - 1688
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Leonardo Da Vinci, The Veins of the Arm (with deatail), pen and ink over traces of black chalk, c. 1508, Windsor, Royal Library 19027.
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An écorché showing the blood vessels, heart and kidneys: front and back views. Coloured line engraving by J. Pass, 1796.
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Mandragora (mandrake), folio 70V of 15th century manuscript De herbarum medicaminibus (of medicinal herbs) by Lucius Apuleius, 2nd century Roman writer, satirist and rhetorician
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Muscles and bones of the pelvis, leg and foot: seven écorchés. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745/1746.
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Antediluvian giants, 1678. Artist: Athanasius Kircher
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Anatomical illustration of a male figure with his abdomen and chest opened to reveal the internal organs. His right hand holds a second set of genitalia, and there is a sketch of the liver and gallbladder in the upper left corner. From a Persian translation of an Arabic medical book, ca. 18th century. The image draws upon Indian and early-modern sources. The image employs the European device of depicting animated partially-dissected bodies holding up body parts.
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Illustration from 'Les oeuures díAmbroise Pare' 1585 by Ambroise Pare, 1510-1590 French surgeon and anatomist
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Vintage medical book, sketch and study anatomy, human body drawing or reference page with ribcage explanation. Latin journal, bones and antique diagram for ancient healthcare pr medicine education
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Antique medical book, biology sketch and health study of vein anatomy, healing process drawing or learning information. Latin journal text, medicine science and old ancient diagram of nervous system
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Proportion study of the body of a man, Jan Punt, After Jacob de Wit, 1747 print Front view, with one outstretched arm. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving standing figure (canon, proportions) (+ front view)
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Study of the heart and the bronchial arteries, late 15th or early 16th century (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
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medicine anatomy pregnant woman with open belly woodcut ""Anatomia del corpo humano"" by Juan de Valverde Rome 1559 private collection,
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The herb masculine mandrake, which helps cure masculine infertility and predetermine the sex of a baby
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Six diagrams illustrating different methods of bandaging the body and use of tourniquets. Line engraving by J.E. de Sève.
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3 Views of the human muscles, full frontal , lateral and rear, from out of print book, Human anatomy for art studentsA by Sir Alfred Downing Fripp, Ralph Thompson, Harry Dixon - 1911
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Anatomical illustration from 'Vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion' ' by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), Nuremberg, 1528. His collection of drawings were used to apply the science of human anatomical proportions to aesthetics
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Proportion studie from the body of a man; County book of the proportions of 't Menschelyke Ligham / Proportions du Corps Humain. Rear view, with one outstretched arm.
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Illustration from 'Tabulae anatomicae'. (Rome: 1783) by Bartolomeo Eustachi (1500 or 1514 ñ 27 August 1574), (Eustachius), one of the founders of the science of human anatomy.
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Ramon Llull (1235-1316). Spanish writer and philosopher. Practica Compendiosa Artis Raymundi Lulli, 1523. Book 8. Medicine subject. Description of the human skeleton. Colored engraving.
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Anatomical illustrations from 'De formato foetu liber singularis'. (Padua: Io. Bap. de Martinis & Livius Pasquatus, 1626). By Giulio Cesare Casseri and Adriaan van de Spiegel,
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Artistic poses, plate VI: a man, écorché, pulling a rope. Lithograph by Robert J. Colenso.
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Anatomical study from De Arte Phisicali et de Cirurgia by John Arderne, Latin manuscript, 15th Century.
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View of dissected brain: figura tertia
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Chirology or the natural language of the hand
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England/UK: 'Cassiopeia', plate 3 in Urania's Mirror, a set of celestial cards accompanied by 'A Familiar Treatise on Astronomy', Sidney Hall and Richard Rouse, London, 1824
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A cross-section of a pregnant woman's body in the final stages of labour. Engraving by J. Chapman, 1821.
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Plate from Haeckel, Anthropogenie
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Chinese keys rhizome, Boesenbergia rotunda. Fingerroot, lesser galangal or Chinese ginger (Curcuma rotunda). Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Vienna, 1816.
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Chinese chart of acupuncture points on two profiles of a male body. Left illustration shows acupuncture points on the skin. At right, the points are shown in relation to the skeleton. 1956.
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A piece of apparatus designed by J. Wathen to bind together a broken leg. Etching by J. Bell.
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Wolfstein; or, The mysterious bandit..., Frontispiece "Deeper grew the gloom of the cavern ...". Prints, Frontispieces. 1822. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle. Human skeleton , Lightning
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Illustrated pages from Albrecht Dürer's Ring and Fencing Book, 1512, using pen and slight watercolor, showing fencing techniques and combat positions.
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TLACHIQUERO.
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Human anatomy, medicine, the circulatory system, blood circulation, neck open, carotid artery, oesophagus, vein, head of a man. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841, 1844, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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Two views of a woman, clothed, and as an X-ray, Temple, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by E. Stevens, circa 1890s.
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Liber Astrologiae, Hautscilt, Lubertus (c. 1347-1417)
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Finished Study for the Thirteenth Anatomical Table.
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Superficial anatomy of the woman: anterior view. Engraving by A. Bell after G. Bidloo, 1798.
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Anatomical Studies after Leonardo da Vinvi, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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Human pre-birth development in woman, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century template
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J. M. Charcot, Lecons du mardi, Paris: 1887
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Astronomy: signs of the zodiac, Auriga. Coloured engraving by S. Hall.
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The upper body and head and ways of bandaging them. Stipple engraving by J. Bell.
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astromomy, constellations, Pegasus, drawing, ""Uranographia"" by Johann Elert Bode, 1801,