Articles about the history of medical illustration, on the Medimagery Website:
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History of Medical Illustration through the World
History of Medical Illustration
As a medical illustrator, studying the work of other artists is an important part of my free time, I would like to offer some perspective and, for what it is worth, an admittedly subjective but well-researched chronology for those interested in the best medical illustrators in history, and in different
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Best Medical & Scientific Illustrators in History Series: Maria Sibylla Merian
History of Medical Illustration
Hailed the "co-founder of entomology" Maria Sibylla Merian is renowned because of her skills at close direct observation, accurate documentation, insights about insect life cycles, and her ability to transport her viewers to this world
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Most Famous Medical Illustrator in History: Leonardo Da Vinci Anatomy
History of Medical Illustration
Leonardo dissected more than 30 diseased and healthy human corpses during his lifetime, as a means of discovering human anatomy. Philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle were curious about the body. But they did not dissect it in order to create a realistic model for reference. Consequently, Da Vinci's renderings
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Tips for Artists Who Would Like Medical Illustration or Scientific Illustration Skills
History of Medical Illustration
Some Very Basic Lessons on How to Draw a High Quality Medical illustration For students who simply want advice on how to improve the clarity of their scientific or medical illustrations, this video is a good basic resource. It’s a set of practices you might learn in the first week of
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Medical Illustration of the Eye: Cataracts and their History through Art
History of Medical Illustration
Cataracts are generally defined as breakdown of the lens microarchitecture. Normally in vision, light passes through the lens of the eye so that the image can be projected clearly on the retina. This image is then interpreted as a neural signal. If the lens is unclear, which is a condition
