Atlas of Laparoscopic Gynecological Anatomy 2024

I will praise you, because I have been formed in such an admirable way; wonderful are your
works, and my soul knows it very well.
(Psalms 139:14, Almeida Atualizada)
Through the body, we come into contact with the world, and also through it, the
world invades the soul. Alongside science goes art, and, through art, the beauty of
transformation. Human anatomy has been portrayed and revered by masters of art
with a doctor’s soul, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaello Sanzio, Michelangelo
Buonarroti, Titian, and Rembrandt, who, with their brush, quill, or chisel, have
exalted the human form and made it easier to study and understand human anatomy.
From Vitruvian Man, through Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper, to David, a masterpiece by Michelangelo, where the structure of a leg is dissected to perfection, we
come to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, with biblical passages in large proportions
and anatomically correct characters.
The forms are camouflaged, shown by gestures, by angels, and perfection
is made.
It is fascinating! I was mesmerized the first time I saw it. Michelangelo considered himself essentially a sculptor, dissatisfied with having to use brushes. He was
given a few dues to paint the ceiling of the chapel, but he tried to perform his function with primacy.
Artists sought the proportion of beauty that would bring the world of men and the
universe of the gods closer together.
Michelangelo had the theory that the real thing cannot be seen. He spent 20 years
engaged in anatomical dissections—largely performed in the Basilica of the Holy
Spirit in Florence, Italy—in search of knowledge. And if the real thing could not be
seen, he tried and succeeded to portray the real thing through his noble art. He
incredibly portrayed various human forms in his paintings.
Nowhere does God show Himself more to me in His grace than in some beautiful human
form. And that alone I love, for in that He mirrors Himself.
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