Virtual talk - Under the skin: anatomy, art and identity
12:00 - 13:00
Online
A woodcut print of a man standing holding open his skin to show the muscles beneath.

We are fascinated by the contents of our complex and fragile bodies.

Travel through 500 years of anatomical illustration (1500–1900) in this talk featuring astounding anatomical art from the RCP’s collections. Find out how physicians, surgeons, artists and printers have represented the three-dimensional human form, explore the emotions their works can evoke, and ponder questions such whose bodies are used and who controls how they are depicted?

This talk is based on a 2020 exhibition Under the skin: anatomy, art and identity held at the RCP at St Andrew’s Place, London.

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