Follow Anatomia Italiana on Instagram!

anatomia_italiana

Instagram Feed!

SDSU Global Seminar, Connecting Art and Anatomy in

SDSU Global Seminar, Connecting Art and Anatomy in Italy, Returns Summer 2022! Travel dates: July 17 - 29, 2022. Apply February 1 - March 15. For more info visit: anatomiaitaliana.com/sdsusummer/  This 3-unit, Faculty-Led Global Seminar meets SDSU’s College of Health and Human Services international experience requirement, and fulfills the Humanities graduation requirement.

Students explore the history of anatomy in the medical curriculum, and its connection to art by traveling to Italy where anatomy as a science began. Students visit museums in Europe’s oldest universities in Rome, Florence, Bologna and Padua, to see historic dissection theaters and centuries old anatomic wax sculptures. Also visited are the Vatican Museums, Borghese Gallery, and Uffizi Gallery to view Renaissance masterpieces. Students enjoy all that Italy has to offer such as the world’s greatest food, the fountains of Rome, and the canals of Venice!

Sessions often fill in 24 hours, so be sure to apply immediately. DM for more info!

In observation of Sunday, January 9, as the Feast

In observation of Sunday, January 9, as the Feast of the Baptism of Christ, enjoy these two Masterpieces!

[1] Giotto di Bondone (1305) Scrovegni Chapel, Padua

[2] Andrea del Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci (1475) Uffizi Gallery, Florence
•
•
•
#borghisuperscatbti
#italiasuperscatti
#new_photoitalia
#italia_cartoline
#italia_in_grande
#italia_meravigliosa
#shot_italia
#new_photoitaly
#italia_photogroup
#italia_in_art
#ilikeitaly
#vaggioinitalia
#traveltoitaly
#italia_super_pics
#italia_super_pics
#italia_super_top
#ig_roma
#ig_rome
#roma
#rome
#quiriters
#top_italia_photo
#italiagram
#vivo_italia
#vivoartworld

In observation of the Feast of the Epiphany, The A

In observation of the Feast of the Epiphany, The Adoration of the Magi by various Masters!

[1] Gentile da Fabriano (1423) Uffizi Gallery, Florence

[2] Giotto di Bondone (1306) Scrovegni Chapel, Padua

[3] Leonardo da Vinci (1481) Uffizi Gallery, Florence
•
•
•
•
#borghisuperscatbti
#italiasuperscatti
#new_photoitalia
#italia_cartoline
#italia_in_grande
#italia_meravigliosa
#shot_italia
#new_photoitaly
#italia_photogroup
#italia_in_art
#ilikeitaly
#vaggioinitalia
#traveltoitaly
#italia_super_pics
#italia_super_pics
#italia_super_top
#ig_roma
#ig_rome
#roma
#rome
#quiriters
#top_italia_photo
#italiagram
#vivo_italia
#vivoartworld

In Celebration January 4 as National Spaghetti Day

In Celebration January 4 as National Spaghetti Day!
•
•
•
•
#borghisuperscatbti
#italiasuperscatti
#new_photoitalia
#italia_cartoline
#italia_in_grande
#italia_meravigliosa
#shot_italia
#new_photoitaly
#italia_photogroup
#italia_in_art
#ilikeitaly
#vaggioinitalia
#traveltoitaly
#italia_super_pics
#italia_super_pics
#italia_super_top
#ig_roma
#ig_rome
#roma
#rome
#quiriters
#top_italia_photo
#italiagram
#vivo_italia
#vivoartworld

🎉Buon Natale a Tutti!🎄 • • • #borghisu

🎉Buon Natale a Tutti!🎄
•
•
•
#borghisuperscatbti
#italiasuperscatti
#new_photoitalia
#italia_cartoline
#italia_in_grande
#italia_meravigliosa
#shot_italia
#new_photoitaly
#italia_photogroup
#italia_in_art
#ilikeitaly
#vaggioinitalia
#traveltoitaly
#italia_super_pics
#italia_super_pics
#italia_super_top
#ig_roma
#ig_rome
#roma
#rome
#quiriters
#top_italia_photo
#italiagram
#vivo_italia
#vivoartworld

In Celebration of Christmas, Adoration of the Magi

In Celebration of Christmas, Adoration of the Magi, by Leonardo da Vinci (1481), a recently restored unfinished oil on wood painting, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
•
•
•
•
#borghisuperscatbti
#italiasuperscatti
#new_photoitalia
#italia_cartoline
#italia_in_grande
#italia_meravigliosa
#shot_italia
#new_photoitaly
#italia_photogroup
#italia_in_art
#ilikeitaly
#vaggioinitalia
#traveltoitaly
#italia_super_pics
#italia_super_pics
#italia_super_top
#ig_roma
#ig_rome
#roma
#rome
#quiriters
#top_italia_photo
#italiagram
#vivo_italia
#vivoartworld

In Celebration of Christmas, The Doni Tondo, circa

In Celebration of Christmas, The Doni Tondo, circa 1507, the only finished panel painting by the mature Michelangelo to survive, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
•
•
•
•
#borghisuperscatbti
#italiasuperscatti
#new_photoitalia
#italia_cartoline
#italia_in_grande
#italia_meravigliosa
#shot_italia
#new_photoitaly
#italia_photogroup
#italia_in_art
#ilikeitaly
#vaggioinitalia
#traveltoitaly
#italia_super_pics
#italia_super_pics
#italia_super_top
#ig_roma
#ig_rome
#roma
#rome
#quiriters
#top_italia_photo
#italiagram
#vivo_italia
#vivoartworld

Today, November 8 is World Radiology Day, dedicate

Today, November 8 is World Radiology Day, dedicated to radiology as an essential tool in patient treatment!  This image from London’s Wellcome Collection, is one of a series of first X-rays produced on this day, November 8 in 1895 by German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen, earning him the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Using his wife’s hand, notice her wedding ring, Röntgen immediately recognized the medical application of his discovery.

In not much over a century since its inception as a medical tool, radiology has advanced tremendously and developed as its own medical speciality.  Fundamentally, radiology would have little use if practioners did not have a command of human anatomy.

At its core, radiology is Anatomy Alive!   Happy World Radiology Day!

Sicilian Traffic Jam!

Sicilian Traffic Jam!

In observance of November 1 as All Saints Day, Nov

In observance of November 1 as All Saints Day, November 2 as All Souls Day, in honor of the martyred Saints, and in loving memory of our departed family, Italian Funerary Art from Sicily to Rome.

And yes, those are real skeletons and mummies.

[1] Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily

[2-4] Capuchin Crypt, Burgio, Sicily

[5-6] Funerary Monuments, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome

[7] Funerary Monument, San Lorenzo, Naples

[8] Funerary Monument, Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome

[9-10] Funerary Monument, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome

🎃 💀 Happy Halloween 👻☠️ from when I w

🎃 💀 Happy Halloween 👻☠️ from when I was younger, leaner, and no where near as grey! 👽

In continued recognition of October as Italian Her

In continued recognition of October as Italian Heritage Month, let’s celebrate The Ancient Greek Ruins of Sicily!

Sicily, the largest Mediterranean island, offers an incredible array of ancient Greek ruins. Beginning in the 8th century BC, Greece expanded its sphere of influence into Sicily and Southern Italy, establishing a region later termed Magna Graecia, or simply, Greater Greece.

Greek culture flourished for hundreds of years in this region, with the ruins of Magna Graecia in the form of temples and theaters serving as visually arresting evidence.  The influence of the Ancient Greeks on the Roman Empire and Italy cannot be over stated. Indeed the incredible engineering achievements of Ancient Rome such as the aqueducts; and the artistic masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance such as the Vatican frescos, are rooted in Ancient Greek culture.

Swipe below for a sampling of the Ancient Greek Ruins of Sicily.

Happy Italian Heritage Month!
 [1] The Ancient Theatre of Taormina, 3rd century BC. The stage is visible, as is Mount Etna, the largest of the Mediterranean’s few active volcanoes. Note the gas plume venting from Etna’s summit.
 [2] Detail of the stage area of the Ancient Theatre of Taormina.
 [3] The seating area of the Ancient Theatre of Taormina. Holding up to 10,000 spectators, this theatre is still in use today for performances.
 [4] Temple of Segesta (near Palermo), perhaps 5th century BC. Scholars debate if it was constructed by indigenous peoples or Greek colonizers.

[5-7] Details of the Temple of Segesta.

[8] Greek Theatre of Segesta, late 4th century BC. With an estimated capacity of 4,000 spectators, this theatre is also in use today for performances.
 [9] Temple of Concordia, Valley of the Temples, Agrigento, 5th century BC.

[10] Temple of Hera Lacinia, Valley of the Temples, Agrigento, 5th century BC.

In continued recognition of October as Italian Her

In continued recognition of October as Italian Heritage Month, let’s celebrate The Fountains of Rome!

These monuments are works of art, deliver potable water, and cool Rome’s citizens.  Some are connected to 2000 year-old aqueducts, streaming water from mountain springs as they did at the height of the Roman Empire.

The Eternal City has over 300 monumental fountains, along with over 2,500 less ornate “Nasone” (Big Nose) that continuously flow, affording the chance to top off your water bottle on almost every city block.

Most Nasone have a hole on the spout, allowing thirsty citizens to easily drink by blocking the bottom and forcing the water upwards!  Happy Italian Heritage Month!
 [1] Il Fontanone atop the Janiculum Hill, is one of Rome’s most romantic places. The water source is the Acqua Paola, a 1st century Roman aqueduct.  [2] Fountain of Neptune at Piazza Navona.
 [3] Triton Fountain, a 17th century sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, before and after its 2015 cleaning.
 [4] Detail of the Fountain of the Pantheon.

[5] Detail of the Fountain of the Four Rivers by Bernini. The sculpture represents the River Ganges.

[6] A carabinieri and tourist fill their water bottles at the Fountain of the Boat at the Spanish Steps. The water source is the Acqua Vergine, an aqueduct from 19 BC.
 [7] The Trevi Fountain, perhaps the world’s most famous fountain, is also served by the ancient Roman Acqua Vergine aqueduct.

[8-10] My Study Abroad Students fill their water bottles at a Nasone! Notice in the final image how the water is forced upward for drinking.

In continued recognition of October as Italian Her

In continued recognition of October as Italian Heritage Month AND with October 15 designated as World Anatomy Day, let’s recognize the influence of Italian Culture on the study of Human Anatomy!

Anatomy via dissection began in Italy at the University of Bologna. Founded in 1088, Bologna is the first university in the world.

The medical school was established in 1156 and by 1300 dissection was part of the curriculum. In 1314 the first anatomy textbook was written by Mondino de Luzzi, “The Restorer of Anatomy”, as his dissections were the first since Ancient Alexandra, 1500 years earlier.  The ceremonial nature of the dissections gave rise to the Ancient Anatomy Theaters of Italy. Dating to 1628, the theatre at Bologna is spectacular.  
The University of Padua, the second oldest university in Italy, was founded in 1222 by students and faculty from Bologna. The Padua anatomy theatre is even older, dating to 1595. Gabriele Falloppio, for whom the fallopian tubes are named, and William Harvey, father of the cardiovascular system, studied anatomy here. 
To anatomists, these rooms are holy places, temples dedicated to the history of their discipline, and emblematic of the Italian cultural influence on higher eduction, and the study of human anatomy.
 Happy Italian Heritage Month AND Happy World Anatomy Day!
 [1] Ancient Anatomy Theatre (1628), University of Bologna
 [2] Dr. Kevin Petti stands before dissection table, with professor’s chair and canopy behind, University of Bologna
 [3] Dr. Kevin Petti inside the Ancient Anatomy Theatre (1595), University of Padua (credit CCTV)

[4-5] Video from CCTVs documentary 200 Years of Medicine featuring Dr. Petti (credit CCTV)

In continued recognition of October as Italian Her

In continued recognition of October as Italian Heritage Month: Let’s celebrate L’Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian Puppet Theatre! 
Emerging over 200 years ago and continuing uninterrupted to this day, puppet theatre has enjoyed great success among Sicilians, telling tales of medieval chivalry, poems of the Renaissance, the lives of saints, and the legends of bandits. The puppeteer controls the puppet not by strings but by pulling on rods while also speaking the dialogue.

At the height of popularity, between 1840 and 1890, L’Opera dei Pupi traveled from village to village in elaborately decorated carts. People stopped crowding around traveling theaters however starting in the 1950s as the popularity of television grew. Today, L’Opera dei Pupi is predominately marketed towards tourists, allowing puppeteers to earn a living, while also assuring the survival of this 19th century, rich cultural tradition.

Sicilian Puppet Theater in America is shown briefly in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather: Part II. Mafia boss Don Fanucci, walking through New York City’s Little Italy, stops at a puppet theater to watch two knights in combat. He turns away in mock horror because the scene is just too violent for him. Swipe to the last image and watch the clip.  
When visiting Palermo, Catania or Taormina, be sure to attend L’Opera dei Pupi to ensure its survival, and for an authentic, traditional, Sicilian cultural experience!  Happy Italian Heritage Month!
 [1] Puppets on display in Taormina, Sicily
 [2] Advertising poster in Palermo, Sicily  [3] The interior of the Figli d’Arte Cuticchio puppet theatre, Palermo, Sicily  [4 - 5] Puppet Cart, Taormina, Sicily

[6] Scene, Death of Don Fanucci, from The Godfather: Part II
.
.
.
#italianheritagemonth #lazio #volgoitalia #new_photoitalia #best_italiansites #ilikeitaly #italiainunoscatto #awesome_phototrip #italiainfoto #yallersitalia #map_of_italy #italia
#italy #rome #roma #shot_italia  ......….................

Load More Pics... Follow Anatomia Italiana on Instagram!