Medicine, Technology, and Art

With some perspective into the connection between technology, and art, I find it difficult to find a direct correlation between art and medicine, as a plethora of medical advances are made possible by ingenuity in technology. Art here is a sort of, third element, and for a while, it laid vicariously on the sidelines. After uncovering some connections, the relationship seems to be linear, in which, art sparks technological ingenuity, which spurs advances in medicine, and so on.

The human body has always been the foundation of inspiration for the artist. Artists try their best to understand the world through perspective (ex: Human proportion). The most basic form of understanding the body was dissection, and with the help of modern technology, has helped scientists understand more about the human anatomy, and carved paths for artists to create a new way to see the masterpieces that we are shelled in as humans. I think this is best exemplified in the work done by Body Works, which utilizes the understanding and implications of medicine, technology, and art.

Picture of arteries & veins of a human torso.

The greatest achievement from this process is that we can see just how beautiful life is by looking at our bodies. But this is not always the case. Some medicine processes require more obscure methods of seeking knowledge defiles the human body. Such geniuses like as Wilhelm Rontgen were able to discover the wavelength of x ray's on the electromagnetic spectrum and helped solve the ethical issues of dissection to solve medical issues.

Unfortunately, the x ray wavelength is only able to look at human bones, but other technologies have helped us look at different layers of the human body, and increase our understanding of the masterpieces we reside in.

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