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. 2012;39(6):825-30.

The history of art versus the art of surgery

Ugo Filippo Tesler  1
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The history of art versus the art of surgery

Ugo Filippo Tesler. Tex Heart Inst J. 2012.
No abstract available

Keywords: Education, medical, graduate/organization & administration; history of medicine, 19th century; history of medicine, 20th century; history, 15th century; history, 16th century; mentors/history; paintings/history; thoracic surgery/education.

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Fig. 1 Michelangelo Buonarroti. Pietà Rondanini (1564). Castello Sforzesco. Milano, Italy.
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Fig. 2 Family tree of the Viennese school of surgery. Note how Theodor Billroth has influenced successive generations of surgeons to this day.
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Fig. 3 Philip Galle. A Painter's Workshop (1593–98). The master painter (center) is working on the large picture. On the left, the “senior associate” is painting a portrait. The younger students are performing other tasks: drawing in a sketchbook, mixing colors, and preparing the palette.
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Fig. 4 Family tree of some of the major Renaissance artists. Verrocchio had a series of exceptional students, among whom were Leonardo, Botticelli, Perugino, and Ghirlandaio. These, in turn, became the mentors of such personalities as Raphael and Michelangelo.
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Fig. 5 Andrea Verrocchio. The Baptism of Christ (1475–78). The main figures were painted by his own hand. The angel on the right was painted by Botticelli. The background and the angel on the left were painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
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Fig. 6 Pietro Perugino. The Marriage of the Virgin (1501–4).
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Fig. 7 Raffaello Sanzio. The Marriage of the Virgin (1504).
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Fig. 8 The “new” Mona Lisa (date unknown) of the Prado in Madrid.
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Fig. 9 The original Mona Lisa (1503–14) by Leonardo da Vinci. Louvre, Paris.
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Fig. 10 Jan Van Eyck. Portrait of Jan de Leeuw (1436).
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Fig. 11 Antonello da Messina. Portrait of a Man (1465). Museo Mandralisca, Cefalù, Sicily.
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Fig. 12 Raffaello Sanzio. The School of Athens (1509–10). The Vatican.
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    1. Rendina EA. In the name of the Muse. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37(1):1–6. - PubMed

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