033 // MSN1 // Research 012 / Anatomy and Art
As people began to study and think more critically about the human body, they began to produce more beautifully illustrated medical texts, culminating in the 1543 publication of De Humani Corporis Fabrica, by Andreas Vesalius, considered the father of modern anatomy.
“Given the complexity of the interior of the body, you couldn’t just describe it,
you had to show it.”
[Andreas Vesalius]
