Drawing of lilies, for an Annunciation, 1500, Leonardo Da Vinci Medium: pencil, paper David’s announcement to Shaw of her ‘miracle’ pregnancy parallels the Arch Angel Gabriel’s in the Bible, except we know that David is no angel, so naturally, in Prometheus, the Annunciation takes on a dark twist. In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel […]
The Vivisected Engineer combined with David by Michelangelo Though studied for centuries in various cultures, the fields of anatomy and experimental physiology began to progress around 300 B.C. Scientific studies involving the vivisection and dissection of animals including those conducted by notable scientists such as Aristotle, Galen, and Vesalius. While Greek law prohibited the dissection […]
