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The Beauty of Anatomy: Episode 1: Galen and Leonardo

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Galen and Leonardo

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Episode 1: Galen and Leonardo

The Beauty of Anatomy

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Roman anatomist Claudius Galen and the artist and part-time dissector Leonardo da Vinci.

Adam Rutherford looks at the relationship between discoveries in anatomy and artworks that illustrate them. He begins with Claudius Galen and Leonardo da Vinci.

Adam Rutherford begins his series investigating the close relationship between discoveries in anatomy and the works of art that illustrate them by looking at the work of the 2nd-century Roman anatomist Claudius Galen and the artist and part-time dissector Leonardo da Vinci.

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The relationship between discoveries in anatomy and the works of art that illustrate them.

Series in which Dr Adam Rutherford investigates the close relationship between discoveries in anatomy and the works of art that illustrate them.

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