Anatomica: The Exquisite and Unsettling Art of Human Anatomy by Joanna Ebenstein Medical Books to the beauty of alluring

to the beauty of alluring bodies

and fungi that humans have

who became the nation’s foremost sculptor

viewing them as mere oddities

and the inside of the skull is painted to show where the blood vessels would be located

Anatomica: The Exquisite and Unsettling Art of Human Anatomy by Joanna Ebenstein Medical Books to the beauty of alluringFor centuries, humankind has sought to know itself through an understanding of the body, in sickness and in health, inside and out. This fascination left in its wake a rich body of artworks that demonstrate not only the facts of the human body, but also the ways in which our ideas about the body and its proper representation have changed over time. At times both beautiful and unsettling, illustrated anatomy continues to hold our interest today, and is