I was honored to participate in the Frank Armitage Lecture Series this year at University of Illinois, Chicago. The series is hosted by the Biomedical Visualization Department \u2013 what used to be called “Medical Illustration” \u2013\u00a0and is intended to highlight notable current practices in the field. My lecture, titled “Visualizing Anatomy through \u00c9corch\u00e9”, focused on historical representations of the figure through sculpture. In it I tried to emphasize the importance of an artistic understanding of the figure in biomedical visualization, not just a scientific one. While it’s true that elucidation of scientific principles is usually the goal of BVIS, it’s my belief that artistic mastery can make such illustrations far more effective.
\nI followed-up on the lecture with a short \u00e9corch\u00e9 demonstration featuring a life-size human arm and shoulder. Given the time constraints of the lecture format, I developed most of the model in advance, but discussed how artists can use clay to understand anatomy in 3-dimensions.
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