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Exhibition and Floortalks | A Body of Knowledge - The Anatomy Lesson

John Browne, Myographia nova, 1698, engraved book plate, 37 x 25 cm. Baillieu Library Special Collections, the University of Melbourne

A Body of Knowledge - The Anatomy Lesson Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia September 13, 2020 - January 20, 2021 Two exhibitions across three venues The Anatomy Lesson Artists and anatomists share a long history of imagining the body, using their knowledge of what can be “seen” to reveal and understand what is “unseen” – the life that lies beneath the surface. The anatomy Lesson includes a wonderful range of images and objects sourced from the University’s many distinctive collections. Seventeenth-century anatomical texts and…