Four hundred years of stripping off on doctors' orders

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The Royal College of Art in London, England, is currently staging an exhibition entitled 'The Quick and the Dead: Artists and Anatomy.' This exhibition interprets its theme widely, and includes many different representations of connections between anatomy and art. The around 150 exhibits include mythical stories with anatomical subjects, textbook portrayals of biology and medicine and anatomical fantasies. There are some works by well-known art-science crossover artists such as Stubbs and Leonardo.

Anatomy, Artistic, Artistic anatomy

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Landscapes of hope and glory

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The National Gallery in London, England, is exhibiting 19th century paintings from the Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Germany. This exhibition is dominated by Caspar David Friedrich and Adolph Menzel.

Painting, German, German painting

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Can't stand up for falling down

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Francisco de Goya's prints show figures under pressure, often teetering, bent or loaded. He investigates standing, a key element of human dignity and human comedy.

Spain, Criticism and interpretation, Painters, Painters (Artists), Goya, Francisco de

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