Event Description
The Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max Planck Institute) will host a hybrid conference on “Drawing Comparisons: Images in Comparative Anatomy, 1500–1900”:
Alejandro Nodarse (Bibliotheca Hertziana / Harvard University) “A Guide to Looking Across”
Martin Clayton (Windsor Castle) “‘Describe the jaw of a crocodile’: Leonardo da Vinci’s Animal Anatomies”
Katrina van Grouw (University of Cambridge) “Linnaeus Organized: Illustrating Convergence in Comparative Anatomy”
Maria Conforti (Sapienza University of Rome) “Fruits, Mushrooms, and Trees: Botanical Imagery in Early Modern Surgery and Anatomy”
Paul North (Yale University ) “Likeness Looks Both Ways”
Thomas Balfe (Courtauld Institute) “Skin Deep? Visualizing Human and Animal Violence in Early Modern Still Life Painting”
Rose Marie San Juan (University College London) “Anatomical Violence and the Pain of Resemblance”
Sietske Fransen (Bibliotheca Hertziana) Roundtable & Concluding Remarks
Friday 20 October 2023, 10:30–18:00 CEST
Source: https://www.biblhertz.it/events/35508/2643800
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