During the Renaissance a series of significant shifts in our understanding of the human body took place. Increasing knowledge of human anatomy formed a bridge between science and art – new ...

They were only challenged and improved upon when a new generation of Renaissance doctors were allowed to dissect human bodies. Andreas Vesalius, 1514 - 1564, was the author of influential anatomy ...

Leonardo da Vinci pioneered the study of human anatomy and Galileo Galilei rocked the Catholic establishment by announcing that the Earth revolved around the Sun. In politics… Liberated from the ...