UCL Art
Museum holds a number of prints, drawings and books relevant to the
teaching and learning of anatomy and the body in art. The collection has a
number of exceptional drawings pertaining to the history of medical
illustration and artistic anatomy, including works by Joseph Lister (‘father of
modern antisepsis’), Charles Bell (Professor of Surgery, who gave the opening
address at the Medical School in 1828) and Henry Tonks (Surgeon and Slade
Professor). Early modern works in the collection include prints from an English
edition of Albinus’ Tabulae Sceleti et Musculorum Corporis Humani (1749) and
drawings by Old Masters such as Peter Paul Rubens. The collection also has late
nineteeth and twentieth-century prize-winning life drawings by Slade students.
Possible themes to pursue in your teaching include anatomy training at the
Slade, artists in the dissecting room and the representation of the body in art
and anatomical illustration.
This
resource contains detailed label text for a focused number of prints, drawings
and books. Label text includes artist, title, medium, date and descriptive information
regarding the object. There is also suggested reading and related works in the
collection which you could consider.
For any
questions regarding the resource, please contact the UCL Art Museum
staff at college.art@ucl.ac.uk
This resource has been put together by Krisztina Lackoi, Tom Cowie and Erin Schuppert .
Photography has been completed by Mary Hinkley and Tony Slade, UCL Media
Services. All rights are reserved by UCL
Art Museum, University
College London.
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