Download or read book The Art of Anatomical Illustration in the Renaissance and Baroque Periods written by Harald Moe and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to present a selection of frontispiece engravings and some of the best and sometimes amusing illustrations by the great Renaissance and Baroque anatomists and their artists, during a period when so many anatomical discoveries were being made. By means of brief biographies and descriptions of the conditions under which the anatomists worked, the author provides as much background and context for the reader to get some idea of the period and of the early developments of anatomy.