Anatomical venus art

Death was everywhere. From the slaughtering of animals to inexplicable epidemics to the fatal complications of childbirth, it's hard to overstate the ubiq...

Exhibition VENUS Madrid Spain on the Behance Network #illustration

“Surgical worry doll.”

Beautiful Us is a playful/magical series of illustrations in which i mix my appetite for made-up flora and fauna with human anatomical details. I chose to work on this project because i always had an issue with the human anatomy. All those years in colleg…

This is what I’ve got today! 1. This is why one has to read Dr. Isis from time to time, even when one can’t really read her everyday. By far, it’s been the sexiest spanking I̵…

Just a few weeks ago, the new exhibition Amazing Models, on the Emotional, Medical and Cultural History of Anatomical Models opened at Leiden's Boerhaave Museum. To commemorate the opening of this incredible looking exhibition, here is a guest post by Bart Grob, conservator and curator at that museum, about the publicity image commissioned by the exhibition seen above (top image): Is it fashion, is it a glamor, or is it anatomy? In fact it's all three. This modern day anatomical Venus (top…

"Exquisite Bodies" Wax Anatomical Wellcome

Quartz Eroded Venus of Arles - Daniel Arsham

Vanessa Ruiz takes us on an illustrated journey of human anatomical art over the centuries, sharing captivating images that bring this visual science -- and the contemporary artists inspired by it -- to life. "Anatomical art has the power to reach far beyond the pages of a medical textbook," she says, "connecting our innermost selves with our bodies through art."