JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
There is something very art/plastic about this work, sculpture without the material, though there is already a marble stand from which the anatomical presentation springs. The depiction of muscle is beautiful, and the inclusion of the muscles of the eyes–seemingly laid in to avoid letting the blank space go without use–gives the overall affect of the unintentional absurd. The source for this delightful work is Bartholomeo Eustachi’s (d. 1574), Romanae archetypae tabulae anatomicae novis…, published in Rome in 1783, the images drawn by Giulio de Musi for the anatomist Eustachi.
[Source: National Library of Medicine, Dream Anatomy, here.]
