by Jonathan Orr, Faith Lutheran Jr/Sr High School
Students will research and write about four leaders in the anatomy field who used their art work to bring their knowledge of the subject to life.
Introduction
We are going to travel back in time to the late 1400s when the Rennaisance is in full swing. Learning and discovery can be found behind every door. Leonardo da Vinci is dreaming of a flying machine, and Columbus is sailing the ocean blue in search of the Indies. Leaps and bounds are being made in the medical field after anatomical theaters become the new fad, where hoards of people can observe simple disections of animals for a small fee. As the middle of the next century approaches, a young man named Vesalius takes a chance with his anatomy lecture and...
