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Muscle figures from the front and side: landscape series (1)
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Muscle figures from the back: landscape series (2)
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Layered manikin in the Epitome (1)
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Layered manikin in the Epitome (2)
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Layered manikin in the Epitome (3)
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Layered manikin in the Epitome (4)
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Layered manikin in the Epitome (5)
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Layered manikin in the Epitome (6)
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Geminus's flaps (1)
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Geminus's flaps (2)
Paper Bodies
Vivitur ingenio
In the two books published in 1543, Vesalius found some ingenious ways in which to represent a three-dimensional body using a two-dimensional page. In the Fabrica, the muscle men are placed in a continuous landscape to emphasize the layers; in the Epitome, Vesalius invites the reader to turn the pages to understand the layers of the body, and also includes a ‘pop-up’, paper manikin.