H.J. Ruiz – Avian101

Stripped Bare – The Art of Animal Anatomy

Author:  

David Bainbridge

Publisher:  

Princeton University Press

Review:

“Let’s start by saying, this book was written by David Bainbridge who is University Clinical Veterinary Anatomist at the University of Cambridge. 

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His idea is to present a compilation of  Scientific-artistic recorded studies done in ancient times up to our present era. Immediately after reading and seeing the illustrations of the recorded data, one just wonder about the intrigue that it was for the Anatomists without having all the modern scientific inventions of today’s.  However, the idea was to study and learn all about how  animals function in their daily life, and what makes them different from one to another. The book shows the illustrations as they were, stripped bare and  in a sober way. 

Personally, after reading it, made me ponder about how advanced we are in technology, compared to hundred of years ago.. At the same time , we had people already, with vision and smart ideas to investigate the natural creatures bodies and their functions.The book has 256 pages with 260 color images.”

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H.J. Ruiz – Avian101.Wordpress.com – October 19th, 2018