Thought I'd share Daniel's new article on his blog. Daniel Maidman making art and thinking about art : Art and Artists III: Forms of Beauty ...
It was last year that I dove deep into studying about Dr. Steven Porges' Polyvagal Theory. As a manual therapist and bodyworker I found many aspects of the theory relevant to me. Perhaps I will elaborate on what the Theory is another time, or you may have already heard about it. Today I want to share with you my sketches that helped me understand the anatomy of the vagus nerves and also how the poly-vagal theory translates into anatomy. A quick run down of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) fir
I just discovered this wonderful anatomical chart (see above) from volume one of Ephraim Chambers' Cyclopaedia, published in 1728. A beautiful, hi-res version of the image is available in the Wikipedia commons; I highly encourage you to visit the original (here) which is well worth a long, involved perusing, but is, sadly, too large to include here. To encourage you to visit the original, I have selected out some of my favorite details above. You can also check out the entire digitized book here, on the University of Wisconsin Digital collections website. About the Cyclopedia project, an early attempt to catalog all earthly knowledge, from Wikipedia: Cyclopaedia: or, A Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (folio, 2 vols.) was an encyclopedia published by Ephraim Chambers in London in 1728, and reprinted in numerous editions in the 18th century. The Cyclopaedia was one of the first general encyclopedias to be produced in English. The 1728 subtitle gives a summary of the aims of the author: Cyclopaedia, or, A universal dictionary of arts and sciences: containing the definitions of the terms, and accounts of the things signify'd thereby, in the several arts, both liberal and mechanical, and the several sciences, human and divine: the figures, kinds, properties, productions, preparations, and uses, of things natural and artificial; the rise, progress, and state of things ecclesiastical, civil, military, and commercial: with the several systems, sects, opinions, &c; among philosophers, divines, mathematicians, physicians, antiquaries, criticks, &c: The whole intended as a course of ancient and modern learning. Via the Chris Chubbuck Photo blog.
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This weekend just gone I attend an anatomy workshop at LARA. It involved two days of fast passed lectures lead by Inga Loyeva. The emphases being the anatomy of importance to artist. Basically all …
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