This sketch is the ninety-fifth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year…
Day ninety-five: One more day looking at old woodcuts. This skull is modeled after a skeleton depicted in the 1543 edition of an early anatomical atlas written by Andreas Vesalius titled, De humani fabrica libri septem. Although Vesalius’s treatise and its illustrations by anonymous Venetian artists mark a turning point in the accuracy of books on anatomy, my quick sketch has devolved a little from the original. Still, it’s the most accurate skull I’ve ever sketched. The letter ‘G’ on the chin and letter ‘ß’ on the forehead relate to points of information in the text. The added color is a whim of my own.
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