Scientific tools, anatomical models, books, clothes: “Corpi moderni” (lit. ‘modern bodies’) at the Gallerie dell’Accademia is a track into art, science, and culture of Renaissance-era Venice.
In a world where everybody is excited about artificial intelligence, a world where everything seems replicable without any effort needed on our part, we are fascinated by an intriguing investigation into the human body conducted in the early modern era, a journey of discovery and appropriation of a topic, our human bodies, that artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Dürer, Giorgione visualized so sublimely not only in beauty, but also in the universe of knowledge that develops on it. Corpi moderni (lit. ‘modern bodies’) at the Gallerie dell’Accademia is a track into art, science, and culture of Renaissance-era Venice that explores the way our bodies are not merely a biological reality, but a cultural construct, an element forged by science, by art, by social conventions. Amazing art, paintings, drawings, sculptures from the most prestigious international museums and collections including Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man, scientific tools, anatomical models, books, clothes, and other interesting artefacts.
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Studies for the Libyan Sibyl, 1510-11 ca.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Credit The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
La costruzione del corpo nella Venezia del Rinascimento
