July 24, 2010–January 23, 2011
During the Renaissance, a new focus on the science of anatomy came to light. Artists and physicians worked together and formed partnerships -- Leonardo and Marcantonio della Torre, Michaelangelo and Realdo Columbo, and perhaps most famously, Titian and Andreas Vesalius -- where the artist's renderings of the anatomist's findings were reproduced and dispersed to a scattered audience through the relatively recent innovation of print/
The humanist movement of the time introduced greater realms of possibility in the arts and the sciences, including the study of anatomy. This new focus on the human body had important implications for the study of art as well. Many artists witnessed or participated in dissections to gain a better understanding of the proportions and systems of the body.
This exhibition highlights outstanding examples from the National Gallery of Art Library's collection of rare books, featuring detailed treatises on human proportion and beauty, as well as drawing and painting manuals that include chapters on proportion and anatomy.
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