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Mid‐twentieth‐century anatomical transparencies and the depiction of three‐dimensional form
Author(s) -
Wall Shelley
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.21028
Subject(s) - depiction , transparency (behavior) , context (archaeology) , medicine , visual arts , digital media , art , history , world wide web , computer science , archaeology , computer security
Before the advent of digital visualization, the “anatomical transparency”—layered images of organ systems, printed on a transparent medium—flourished in the mid‐twentieth century as an interactive means to represent complex anatomical relationships to medical professionals and lay audiences. This article introduces the transparency work of medical illustrators Gladys McHugh and Ernest W. Beck, situating it in the historical context of strategies to represent three‐dimensional anatomical relationships using print media. Clin. Anat. 23:915–921, 2010. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.