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http://hungryhyaena.blogspot.com/2008/10/matthew-day-jacksons-wonderful.html
http://www.flat-surface.com/Matthew-Day-Jackson
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Crispin B. Weinberg, Ph.D.Danice Y. Chou, B.S.
Rentrée to Anatomy Through Medical Imaging
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Anatomy has interested humans since Ancient Egypt.
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We have been fascinated with the human body & what lies inside us.
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Artists of the past once had a much more “hands on” approach.
Unfortunately, cadavers are not generally available tomodern artists.
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Modern technology offers us a new way to look inside ourselves.
Leonardo DaVinci dissected bodies to reveal internal anatomy.
Now we can do this virtually with medical imaging tools.
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From stacks of CT and MRI images, we can pull out 3D data to create virtual models,
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...and bring them into the physical world with 3D printing.
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We have used these models in the medical field for planning complex surgeries like tumor resections.
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Although sometimes disturbing, the models convey a lotof information and can even have an aesthetic appeal.
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We've used this technology to explore both our modern and pastselves.
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Revisiting Egypt, scientists looked into the mysteries surrounding King Tutankhamen by CT scanning his mummified remains.
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We constructed a model of his skull.
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Using forensic anthropology techniques,tissue depth markers wereplaced...
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...and a virtual reconstruction of the young pharaoh's facewas made.
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Kiki Smith Vis Consili Expers Mole Ruit Sua, 2000.
We made it possible for a living artist to cast a bronze sculpture of her own skull.
Photo: Two palms press - http://www.twopalms.us/downloads/KikiSmith_1185894503.pdf
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Noel Grunwaldt Untitled (Starlings #1-6), 2008.
Another artist immortalized the memory of starlings in sterling silver.
Photo: Stellan Holm Gallery - http://www.stellanholm.com/
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Matthew Day Jackson The Way We Were, 2010.
And another made a series showing man's virtual devolution.
Photo: Ed Jansen. www.flickr.com/photos/de_buurman/6824292921/in/pool-558235@N24|de_buurman
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Matthew Day Jackson Dymaxion Figure, 2009.
Artists have always helped us to look at theworld a bit differently.
Photo: Ed Jansen. www.flickr.com/photos/de_buurman/6824276033/in/pool-558235@N24/
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With modern technology, artists have the opportunity for
a “Rentrée to Anatomy”.
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