Notes
Monday, April 28, 2008
Motifolio is a new site that provides a range of biomedical clip art -- these are available in topics like human and animal forms, cell, cell organelle, cell protein, nucleic acid, antibody, microorganism, labware, etc.
Most of the stuff is very affordable -- and they also have some free samples that you can download. Go to the
Motfolio site for more details and to explore their clip art collection.
Labels: art, biomedical, clip art, medicine
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
If you like looking at medicine art, you'll love this new exposition site that looks at all nuances of the human heart. Hosted on the
Wellcome Collection site, which is a London based organization that brings to life the vision of Sir Henry Wellcome, this new heart exposition is a Flash montage of various small stories all related to the human heart.
But remember, spare enough time to get lost in the montage!
Labels: art, heart, medicine
Saturday, April 5, 2008
This is part of a continuous series of posts in which I will explore the fascinating relation between medicine and art. Most of these posts will contain plenty of links to resources with more info, and as far as possible, I'll try to include visual content as well.
We'll start by exploring a little known facet of Aristotle's personality -- it's not a very well known fact that Aristotle was a anatomist -- his philosophical attributes often overshadow his other capabilities.
Aristotle has been credited as being the first anatomist although none of his
anatomical drawings and biological work has survived. He drew the
distinction between nerves and tendons -- and explored the
relations between organs quite accurately.
Labels: anatomy, aristotle, art
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