Biology is a science that renders itself perfectly fine to ART through graphics, drawings, images, sculpture, even music inspired by genetic information. Here we provide links to art and information about the relationship between art and biology and how art influences biological knowledge and how biology is influencing art.

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Facts about Leonardo da Vinci: biology, as discussed in biology: Resurgence of biology:...who were intent upon a true rendering of the bodies of animals and men and thus were motivated to gain their knowledge firsthand by dissection. No individual better exemplifies the Renaissance than Leonardo da Vinci, whose anatomical studies of the human form during the late 1400s and early 1500s were so far in advance of the age that they included details not recognized until a century later....

Biology and Art

Human AnatomyDa Vinci explored the human form with the same probing mind that he investigated all his interests, he also documented his findings in his notebooks. One of his most famous sketches, the Vitruvian Man, is often interpreted solely as an artistic work. However, it exemplifies his scientific perspective and interest in the human form ("Welcome . . ."). As he learned about the human body, his sense of wonder at its perfection grew. In addition to considering the human form the "the greatest instrument in nature," Da Vinci also viewed the human body as a machine that can be analyzed and understood (Kemp 133). Such an approach is similar to those who study biomedical engineering, a field that focuses on understanding, repairing or replacing physiological systems in order to improve medicine ("Welcome . . .").

Leonardo da Vinci: The EngineerWritten by Leallyn Murtagh

Volume 8 : Issue i

http://illumin.usc.edu/article.php?articleID=149&page=4

http://www.mysanantonio.com/community/The_da_Vinci_code_of_human_anatomy.html

(Collection of Her Majesty the Queen).

Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci

The skull bisected and sectioned (1489).Orthogonal views of the skeleton (c 1510-11).

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Harvey Cushing, Medical Illustrator, 1900 This original drawing, signed and dated 1900, had as caption: “Showing relations of the middle meningeal artery to the operative foramen before and after elevation of the dura and exposure of the ganglion.”

http://www.med.yale.edu/library/historical/cushing/hopkins.html

http://www.identspecialists.com/gallery.html

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Left Brain, Right Brain | Art & Biology

by Don Stewart.

Systems used to create this image include: - Circulatory- Digestive- Endocrine- Integumentary- Muscular- Nervous- Respiratory- Skeletal- Urinary- Reproductive

Included with this image is an alpha channel allowing adaptation of the background or extraction of the male.

Male System Composite on BlackThis Male Anatomy Composite image is a very accurate and aesthetically pleasing rendition of the internal and external anatomy. We have incorporated the main elements of ten systems within the human body, with the use of 3D models.

Kent State University at Stark senior biology major Jacqueline Dillard combines her love of science and passion for art to create scientific illustrations that have gained national attention. One of her more recent drawings was featured on the cover of the September issue ofThe Journal of Paleontology. “I’m very happy that the journal selected my drawing to be the cover artwork for September, and I know the researcher I did the drawing for is excited to see his whale fossils featured, as well,” Dillard says. The drawing she submitted to the Journal of Paleontology, to accompany an article co-authored by Dr. Hans Thewissen of the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, was her first illustration selected as journal cover art. Dillard’s paleontology illustrations have been featured in other journals and on Web sites for about three years. “If I can manage to get a teaching assistant position in a graduate program, I would like to find the time to write and illustrate laboratory manuals for various entomology and invertebrate zoology labs for undergraduate students,” Dillard says. “I don't think that there are enough people illustrating these kinds of books right now that actually know enough about science to provide students with useful schematics.” By Mary Jo Spletzer http://einside.kent.edu/?type=art&id=92309

http://www.3dscience.com/3D_Images/Human_Anatomy/System_Composites/Male_System_Composite_on_Black.php

ArtArtists with a comprehensive knowledge of biology illustrate biology textbooks, scientific magazines, and newspapers. Also, individuals who enjoy sculpting, building, and working with their hands may enjoy a career in dentistry, massage therapy, or prosthetic fabrication.

http://www.mkillustrations.com/preview/draft3/portfolio.php?cid=5

The Insect Illustrations of Cornelia Hesse-Honegger

SwipeLife Magazine.

Cornelia Hesse-HoneggerMy personal weakness for

scientific illustration must have its origin in the hours, days, and

weeks, spent lying on the floor of my 10’X12’ bedroom, reading

and rereading the Golden Book Encyclopedia and the moldy old biology books I had gathered.

Admittedly, they both lacked plot, but I was able to supply the story.

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Biology Illustration

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The Golden Book of Biology withIllustrations by Charles Harper.