Anatomy Lessons

from the Eternal Body to the Body’s Eternity

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-0447.ars.2020.166452

Keywords:

Anatomy, Dissection, Body, Classic, Contemporary

Abstract

The paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) in which the Dutch artist portrays anatomy lessons in 1632 and 1656 reveal the limitations that the interpretation of a work of art can impose on the contemporary outlook if we stick only to the realm of our own subjectivity, ignoring the historical context of creation of such representations. Based on this apparently obvious remark, the present work intends to point out the classic parameters that determined the long tradition of anatomical practices and some of its contemporary developments, focusing specially on works of the controversial artist, or should we say German physician and anatomist Gunther Von Hagens. As in Aby Warburg’s Atlas Mnemosyne, the association of images represents the axis of reflection.

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Author Biography

  • Ricardo Coelho, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Brazil

    Doutor em Artes Visuais pelo Instituto de Artes da Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (2015), tendo realizado parte de sua pesquisa na Universitat de Barcelona (2014), com bolsa sanduiche subvencionada pela CAPES; Mestre em Artes Visuais pelo Instituto de Artes da Unesp (2003) e Bacharel em Artes Plásticas pela mesma instituição (1999). Desde 2009, é professor do Departamento de Arquitetura, Urbanismo e Artes Aplicadas da Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, em Minas Gerais. Atua, ainda, como curador independente, designer de exposições e, como artista visual, participou de mais de 40 mostras de arte contemporânea e festivais de vídeo em espaços como a Casa das Rosas, Centro Cultural São Paulo, Funarte, Fundação Bienal, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, além de contar com participações no 2º Prêmio Cultural Sérgio Mota e no Festival VideoBrasil. É autor dos Livros Em trânsito (2012) e O que há de humano em nós (2016, 1º volume da série “Ensaios de Arte e Cultura”), ambos financiados e produzidos pela Ars et Vita, produtora cultural responsável pelo Festival Artes Vertentes - Festival Internacional de Artes de Tiradentes.

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Published

2020-10-23

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 39 (2020)

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Articles

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Coelho, R. (2020). Anatomy Lessons: from the Eternal Body to the Body’s Eternity. ARS, 18(39), 75-103. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-0447.ars.2020.166452