Andreas Vesalius and the Fabrica in the age of printing : art, anatomy and printing in the Italian Renaissance /

Andreas Vesalius's fame derives from his writing of what is perhaps the most famous book in the history of medical science, 'De humanis corporis fabrica' (1543), a treatise that within a few years transformed the imperfect art of anatomy into a modern science. This extraordinary work,...

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Other Authors: Canalis, Rinaldo F. (Editor), Ciavolella, Massimo, 1942- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Turnhout : Brepols, [2018]
Series:Cursor mundi (Turnhout, Belgium) ; v. 33.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Venice and Venetian printing. The culture of Venice in the age of Vesalius and the Aldine press / Kenneth Bartlett
  • Aldus Manutius and the world of Venetian publishing / Angela Nuovo
  • Aldus Manutius's unfulfilled dream: Galen's journey from Campro Sant'Agostin to western culture / Lorenzo Perilli
  • Part II. Paduan anatomy and the Fabrica. 'Fair Padua' as a centre of Renaissance anatomy / Andrew Cunningham
  • Jan Steven van Calcar c. 1515
  • c. 1546, Vesalius;s illustrator / Monique Kornell
  • Vesalius's methods in the production of the Fabrica with emphasis on the neuroanatomy chapters / Rinaldo F. Canalis
  • Part III. Anatomy after the Fabrica: Padua and beyond. Gabrielle Falloppia: Vesalius's admirer and first critic / Rinaldo F. Canalis
  • Anatomy in colour: Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente (c. 1537-1619) / Raffaele de Caro
  • Cut, copy, and English anatomy: Thomas Geminus and the reordering of Vesalius's canonical body / Melissa Lo
  • Part IV. A twenty-first-century perspective. Vesal, 'for what he represents': Vesaliana in William Osler's collections / Hélène Cazes
  • Habent sua fata libelli: the Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine collection at UCLA / Victoria Steele
  • Illuminating the science of life / Christine D. Young.