Doodles and Anatomy

I don't have much art to show this week, other than figure drawing sketches.  But after the first two weeks of school, I have accumulated some boredom doodles:

Spanish Colonial Art History 16-18c

Physics

Color Theory

sitting alone on campus for hours

And so far, Figure Drawing is the class that has kept my attention the longest.  And it's NOT because of the naked people!  Or maybe it is, I'm not sure.

10 minute - mass gesture with vine charcoal

20 minute - charcoal stick

20 minute - charcoal stick

Finally, I have Tumblr to thank, yet again, for introducing me to this strange and morbid scientific illustrator, Jacques Fabien Gautier d'Agoty.  Gautier was a French painter and engraver during the 18th century, and he is most famous for helping develop the color printing process/producing the first anatomy book printed in color.  Aside from that contribution, however, he had some extremely false scientific theories; like that the sun's rays were the source of planetary motion, thunder, volcanoes and earthquakes.  But regardless, his anatomical illustrations of skinned humans in classical poses are eerily aesthetically pleasing. (Warning: These illustrations are prettyyyy graphic)

"The Flayed Angel", 1746

Anatomy of the Parts of a Man and a Woman, 1773

Two Heads, from the Myology publication, 1746

Anatomic Exhibition of the Organs of Senses, 1775

Pregnant Woman with Fetus Visible

ps. If any of you are interested, and have a Tumblr account, you should follow this scientific illustration blog.  It is great.