De Humani Corporis Fabrica · 1543
The Fabrica
The founding masterworks. In 1543 Vesalius overturned fourteen centuries of error with a single book — and its figures, standing alive in an Italian landscape, changed art as much as science.
The plates in The Fabrica
Andreas Vesalius · 1543
The Muscle Man
The image that founded modern anatomy.
De Humani Corporis Fabrica · 1543
Andreas Vesalius · 1543
The Contemplating Skeleton
A skeleton, lost in thought before a tomb.
Vivitur ingenio, caetera mortis erunt
Juan Valverde de Amusco · 1556
The Man Who Holds His Own Skin
A figure carrying his own flayed hide.
Historia de la Composición del Cuerpo Humano · 1556