Renaissance Discoveries: Art and Anatomy

[@claudiascott6654]

Are we supposed to laugh so much during such a serious subject? Love the sound effects. All the time, I am learning so much interesting information. I agree with Vivian.. I would have loved to have been a student of yours.. might have changed the course of my life.

[@ML-rz2hb]

I find all of your talks fascinating.

[@rossking3163]

Thank you!

[@johnadrianblack]

Well-researched as always, Ross. Your false immodesty is also endearing! Keep up the excellent work! (From John Black who “interviewed” you onstage at Vancouver Island University a few years ago.)

[@rossking3163]

Thanks, John - I remember the event well! I hope all is well in Nanaimo.

[@vivian7245]

Thank you so much. You would have been my favorite professor if I had you in college! Excellent and interesting. I am going thru all your programs. Just finished. “The Bookseller of Florence”. Loved it. This set of programs enhances all of the great info in your books.

[@rossking3163]

Thank you! Great to hear that you're enjoying them.

[@tudorarter1527]

A detailed and fascinating analysis - or should one say dissection? - of a rarely touched upon but important aspect of Renaissance studies. Lots of detail but conveyed in a way that is never over long or pedantic. Proof, if needed, that a traditional lecturing style can be as effective on KZbin as in the halls of academe.

[@rossking3163]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@redox066]

Fantastic contribution! Thank you so much!!

[@rossking3163]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@robertstaas9314]

So did the Greeks use anatomy or simple external observation in achieving verisimilitude in the representation of the human form?

[@rossking3163]

Yes - Greek sculptors created their incredibly lifelike works through an inspection of the living human form. No corpses or scalpels were involved. In the 4th century BC Greek physicians working in Alexandria - Herophilus and Erasistratus - performed anatomies (even vivisections, it seems). But the practice was short-lived, and it was concerned with medicine rather than art.