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Thorax Collection (#2)

"Exploring the Marvels of the Thorax: From Ancient Art to Modern Medicine" The thorax, a vital region housing the heart and lungs

Background imageThorax Collection: Study of a young man standing, naked; pencil and white lead drawing on light blue paper by

Study of a young man standing, naked; pencil and white lead drawing on light blue paper by Leonardo da Vinci and preserved at the Royal Library of Windsor

Background imageThorax Collection: Study of St. Sebastian, pen drawing on red paper by Leonardo da Vinci

Study of St. Sebastian, pen drawing on red paper by Leonardo da Vinci and preserved at the Royal Library of Windsor. Drawing High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods

Background imageThorax Collection: Study for the sculpture of a child bust. Sanguine drawing on pinkish paper, by Leonardo da Vinci

Study for the sculpture of a child bust. Sanguine drawing on pinkish paper, by Leonardo da Vinci, preserved at the Royal Library of Windsor

Background imageThorax Collection: Study for the profile of a male portrait, sanguine drawing on white paper by Leonardo da Vinci

Study for the profile of a male portrait, sanguine drawing on white paper by Leonardo da Vinci and preserved at the Royal Library of Windsor Drawing High Renaissance, Renaissance

Background imageThorax Collection: Study of a naked child, drawing on gray paper with black sanguine sketches and traced with ink

Study of a naked child, drawing on gray paper with black sanguine sketches and traced with ink, by Leonardo da Vinci and preserved at the Royal Library of Windsor

Background imageThorax Collection: Study of putti; red crayon drawing on white paper by Leonardo da Vinci. Windsor Royal Library

Study of putti; red crayon drawing on white paper by Leonardo da Vinci. Windsor Royal Library Drawing High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Background imageThorax Collection: Double portrait; painting by Otto Schneid. Private Collection

Double portrait; painting by Otto Schneid. Private Collection Painting International Art of 20th Century. Date of Photograph:2002. Date of Artwork:XX sec.. Artist:Schneid, Otto

Background imageThorax Collection: Male bust, study by Michelangelo, in the Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe

Male bust, study by Michelangelo, in the Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence Florence Uffizi Gallery, Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe Drawing Late Renaissance

Background imageThorax Collection: Reclining male nude. Drawing by Pontormo, in the Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe

Reclining male nude. Drawing by Pontormo, in the Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, at the Uffizi Gallery, in Florence Florence Uffizi Gallery

Background imageThorax Collection: Kneeling male nude. Drawing by Pontormo, in the Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe

Kneeling male nude. Drawing by Pontormo, in the Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, at the Uffizi Gallery, in Florence Florence Uffizi Gallery

Background imageThorax Collection: Study for a figure of Hercules; drawing by Raphael. British Museum, London

Study for a figure of Hercules; drawing by Raphael. British Museum, London Drawing High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Background imageThorax Collection: Study of nudes or Cupid and Apollo, drawing by Michelangelo and kept in the Louvre Museum in Paris

Study of nudes or Cupid and Apollo, drawing by Michelangelo and kept in the Louvre Museum in Paris Drawing High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Background imageThorax Collection: Study of a human figure, drawing from the School of Michelangelo. British Museum, London

Study of a human figure, drawing from the School of Michelangelo. British Museum, London Drawing High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Background imageThorax Collection: Studies of nude male figures; drawing by Raphael. British Museum, London

Studies of nude male figures; drawing by Raphael. British Museum, London Drawing High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Background imageThorax Collection: Kneeling male figure; drawing by Michelangelo. Casa Buonarroti, Florence

Kneeling male figure; drawing by Michelangelo. Casa Buonarroti, Florence Drawing High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Background imageThorax Collection: DIS-F-000866-0000

DIS-F-000866-0000
Study for Adam of the "Expulsion from Paradise" in the Vault of the Sistine Chapel, drawing, Michelangelo, preserved in the Buonarroti House in Florence Fac-Simile preserved in

Background imageThorax Collection: Study of some nude figures; drawing by Michelangelo. The Louvre, Paris

Study of some nude figures; drawing by Michelangelo. The Louvre, Paris Drawing High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Background imageThorax Collection: Study of a male nude with a raised left leg; drawing by Michelangelo. Musee du Louvre, Paris

Study of a male nude with a raised left leg; drawing by Michelangelo. Musee du Louvre, Paris Drawing High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Background imageThorax Collection: Male nude; drawing by Michelangelo. The Louvre, Paris

Male nude; drawing by Michelangelo. The Louvre, Paris Drawing High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D.. Date of Photograph:2002

Background imageThorax Collection: Study for a male nude, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), drawing, Paris, Louvre Museum

Study for a male nude, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), drawing, Paris, Louvre Museum Drawing High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Background imageThorax Collection: Sideview of a stone torso, attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti

Sideview of a stone torso, attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti, located at the Casa Buonarroti in Florence Florence Casa Buonarroti Model, Statue High Renaissance, Renaissance

Background imageThorax Collection: Michelangelo's model for one of the statues in the New Sacristy at the Church of San Lorenzo

Michelangelo's model for one of the statues in the New Sacristy at the Church of San Lorenzo. Now exhibited at the Casa Buonarotti in Florence Florence Casa Buonarroti Model

Background imageThorax Collection: Roman copy of the Esculapius statue, located at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence

Roman copy of the Esculapius statue, located at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Florence The Uffizi Gallery Statue Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization. Date of Photograph:1890 ca

Background imageThorax Collection: Colossal statue of the Emperor Augustus, at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples

Colossal statue of the Emperor Augustus, at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. Naples National Archaeological Museum Statue Imperial Period, Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization

Background imageThorax Collection: Detail of the sleeping Faun, bronze statue from Herculaneum, in the National Archaeological Museum

Detail of the sleeping Faun, bronze statue from Herculaneum, in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. Naples National Archaeological Museum Statue Imperial Period, Roman Art, Europe

Background imageThorax Collection: Bronze sleeping faun from Herculaneum, at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples

Bronze sleeping faun from Herculaneum, at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. Naples National Archaeological Museum Statue Imperial Period, Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization

Background imageThorax Collection: San Sebastiano, marmo, Benedetto da Maiano (1442-1497), Oratorio dell'Arciconfraternita della

San Sebastiano, marmo, Benedetto da Maiano (1442-1497), Oratorio dell'Arciconfraternita della Misericordia, Firenze Florence Oratorio dell'Arciconfraternita della Misericordia Sculpture

Background imageThorax Collection: Studies of the Laocoon, drawing, in the Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Uffizi Gallery

Studies of the Laocoon, drawing, in the Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Uffizi Gallery, Florence Florence Uffizi Gallery, Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe Drawing High Renaissance

Background imageThorax Collection: Fascist Italy by Libero Andreotti, Private Collection, Florence

Fascist Italy by Libero Andreotti, Private Collection, Florence. Florence Commemorative Equestrian Monument Nineteenth-Twenty century, 19th-20th century, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Background imageThorax Collection: Fragment of a male torso by Libero Andreotti, Private Collection, Florence

Fragment of a male torso by Libero Andreotti, Private Collection, Florence. Florence Statue Nineteenth-Twenty century, 19th-20th century, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Background imageThorax Collection: BGA-F-000489-0000

BGA-F-000489-0000
Rome Statue Nineteenth-Twenty century, 19th-20th century, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D.. Date of Photograph:1930 ca.. Date of Artwork:1910 - 1920 ca.. Artist:Andreotti, Libero (1875-1933)

Background imageThorax Collection: Study of the male anatomy. Drawing by the School Michelangelo preserved in the British Museum

Study of the male anatomy. Drawing by the School Michelangelo preserved in the British Museum, London Great Britain London, British Museum Drawing Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods

Background imageThorax Collection: Study of a reclining figure. Drawing by Andrea Mantegna, in the British Museum in London

Study of a reclining figure. Drawing by Andrea Mantegna, in the British Museum in London Great Britain London, British Museum Drawing Early Renaissance, Renaissance

Background imageThorax Collection: Ephebus of Subiaco, preserved in the National Museum of Rome, at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome

Ephebus of Subiaco, preserved in the National Museum of Rome, at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome Rome National Museum of Rome, at the Baths of Diocletian Statue First Imperial Period, Imperial Period

Background imageThorax Collection: Statue of Apollo from Antium, an Early Imperial Roman copy of a 4th century B.C

Statue of Apollo from Antium, an Early Imperial Roman copy of a 4th century B.C. original by Praxiteles. It is preserved in the National Museum of Rome at Palazzo Massimo alle Terme

Background imageThorax Collection: Fragment of a Roman relief depicting a person wearing a toga, in the Vatican Museums, Vatican City

Fragment of a Roman relief depicting a person wearing a toga, in the Vatican Museums, Vatican City State of the Vatican City Lateran Museum Relief Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization

Background imageThorax Collection: John the Baptist, plaster model by Giovanni Antonio Houdon for a large statue. Formerly in S

John the Baptist, plaster model by Giovanni Antonio Houdon for a large statue. Formerly in S. Maria degli Angeli but now destroyed. The model is preserved in the Borghese Museum, Rome

Background imageThorax Collection: Front view of St. John the Baptist, the plaster mold created by Jean Antoine Houdon for a colossal

Front view of St. John the Baptist, the plaster mold created by Jean Antoine Houdon for a colossal statue that was in Santa Maria degli Angeli but was later destroyed

Background imageThorax Collection: Headless marble statue, Roman copy of the famous Diadumenos by Polykleitos

Headless marble statue, Roman copy of the famous Diadumenos by Polykleitos, in the Capitoline Museums of Rome, formerly Museo Mussolini Rome Museo Mussolini Statue Imperial Period, Roman Art, Europe

Background imageThorax Collection: Sarcophagus cover, preserved in the Museo Nazionale delle Terme, Rome

Sarcophagus cover, preserved in the Museo Nazionale delle Terme, Rome Rome Museo Nazionale delle Terme Relief, Sarcophagus First Imperial Period, Imperial Period, Roman Art, Europe

Background imageThorax Collection: Piety of Christ, bas-relief. Formerly part of the monument to Callisto III in the Vatican Grottoes

Piety of Christ, bas-relief. Formerly part of the monument to Callisto III in the Vatican Grottoes. State of the Vatican City Sacred Vatican Grottoes Low Relief, Basrelief Early Renaissance

Background imageThorax Collection: Statue of the Young Centaur or Smiling Centaur from Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli

Statue of the Young Centaur or Smiling Centaur from Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, preserved in the Great Hall of the Capitoline Museum, Rome Rome Capitoline Museum

Background imageThorax Collection: Statue of the Old Centaur or the Weeping Centaur from Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli

Statue of the Old Centaur or the Weeping Centaur from Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, preserved in the Capitoline Museums, Rome Rome Capitoline Museums Statue Hadrianic Period, Imperial Period

Background imageThorax Collection: Stone torso, attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti, in the gallery of the Casa Buonarroti, Florence

Stone torso, attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti, in the gallery of the Casa Buonarroti, Florence Florence Casa Buonarroti Model, Statue High Renaissance, Renaissance

Background imageThorax Collection: River God, sculptural model by Michelangelo for a statue meant for the New Sacristy in the Church

River God, sculptural model by Michelangelo for a statue meant for the New Sacristy in the Church of San Lorenzo, Florence; formerly in the Galleria dell'Accademia of Florence

Background imageThorax Collection: Model for a statue of a river god, made from wood, wool and clay, by Michelangelo

Model for a statue of a river god, made from wood, wool and clay, by Michelangelo, in the Casa Buonarroti, Florence Florence Casa Buonarroti Model, Statue High Renaissance, Renaissance

Background imageThorax Collection: Etruscan cinerary urn cover with the figure of the deceased lying down. The urn

Etruscan cinerary urn cover with the figure of the deceased lying down. The urn, formerly in the Bargagli Museum in Sarteano

Background imageThorax Collection: Fragment of an Hellenistic sculpted group preserved in the Archaeological Museum in Bologna

Fragment of an Hellenistic sculpted group preserved in the Archaeological Museum in Bologna and representing a Satyr carrying a young Dionysus on his shoulders




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"Exploring the Marvels of the Thorax: From Ancient Art to Modern Medicine" The thorax, a vital region housing the heart and lungs, is truly a masterpiece of human anatomy. An athletic young man in shorts lies on a stone floor, his thoracic muscles glistening with sweat after an intense workout. Delicate veins and arteries form an intricate web within the cardiovascular system, ensuring oxygen-rich blood reaches every corner of our body. Behold historical artwork depicting ancient sculptures that beautifully capture the essence of the thorax's strength and grace. In 19th-century artwork, detailed depictions of neck anatomy shed light on how this crucial part connects our head to our torso. X-ray images reveal the devastating impact tuberculosis can have on delicate structures within the thorax. A honey bee viewed through a scanning electron microscope showcases its astonishingly complex internal structure within its tiny thorax. Irregular heartbeat? Consult your doctor for proper diagnosis and treatment options to keep your precious thoracic organ healthy. Julien Bougle's stunning illustration overlays colored plates onto a human body, highlighting various systems including the intricate details of the thorax. The hornet mimic hoverfly flaunts its deceptive appearance as it hovers near flowers, showcasing its remarkable resemblance to dangerous predators despite being harmless itself. Dive into microscopic wonders as we explore cross-sections revealing female mosquitoes' internal anatomy while they feed by sucking blood from our skin – nature's fascinating yet pesky creatures. A man with a naked torso sits amidst bales of hay in a horse barn; his exposed chest reminds us all of how vulnerable but resilient our thoraxes are.