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The Eye as Art: Anatomy and Vision in the 18th Century

There is not one Part of the whole Body, that discovers more Art and Disign (sic), than this small Organ: All its Parts are so excellently well contrived, so elegantly formed and nicely adjusted that none can deny it to be an Organ as magnificent and curious, as the Sense is useful and entertaining. -- William Porterfield in A Treatise on the Eye, The Manner and Phaenomena of Vision, 1759 The Dittrick Museum is thrilled to have Dr. Jonathan Lass present "Eye of the Artist" for the upcoming Zverina Lecture on Oct. 14th. Dr. Lass, the Charles I. Thomas Professor, and formerly chair, in...

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Eye of the Artist: The Impact of disease on the formation of Art

Wednesday, October 14th,  Anton and Rose Zverina Lecture by Jonathan Lass, M.D., “The Eye of the Artist.” Art. Science. Disease. Medicine. The combination can result in startling and beautiful revelations. We welcome you to join us at the museum for a free public lecture, followed by a reception, on the "Eye of the Artist." Have an interest in art? Spent hours contemplating impressionist paintings and wondering about the world as the artist saw it? Or perhaps you have an interest in medicine or medical humanities, and you want to know more about intersections between art and practice. Join us to hear...

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NYAM hosts Vesalius 500: Art and Anatomy

This October, the New York Academy of Medicine will host Art, Anatomy, and the Body: Vesalius 500, Guest curated by artist and anatomist Riva Lehrer On October 18, the NYAM's second-annual Festival for Medical History and the Arts, “Art, Anatomy, and the Body: Vesalius 500″ will celebrate the 500th birthday of anatomist Andreas Vesalius. Our own Brandy Schillace, research associate and guest curator for the Dittrick, will be one of the hosted speakers! Click here for the full schedule--and see below for a short description. Vesalius’ groundbreaking De humani corporis fabrica (The Fabric of the Human Body) of 1543 is a...

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Under Your Skin: the Anatomy Artwork of H.V. Carter

The history of Gray’s Anatomy is well known, but it's brilliant illustrator Henry Vandyke Carter, is frequently it's "unsung hero." Though working tirelessly on the book that would go on to be the single most important textbook for anatomy and medical students, his contribution was "torpedoed" by Henry Gray, and he sunk into obscurity. What remains are the images, displayed here, from the Dittrick Museum's 1859 edition. There were two authors, of Gray's Anatomy, not one. However, as Druin Burch explains, Henry Vandyke Carter "regarded himself, sometimes with a little help from Gray, as belonging to a lower 'genus'...

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