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De Humani Corporis Fabrica...
Basel, 1543. Woodcut. National Library of Medicine.
Andreas Vesalius
(1514-1564)
[anatomist]
Stephen van Calcar and the Workshop of Titian
[artists]
Vesalius sought to make illustrations that were true to nature, but many of his figures conform to classical ideals of beauty and proportion, and stand in classical poses.
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