PACHSmörgåsbord: Michelangelo

Sunday, May 30, 2010

The Weekly Smörgåsbord #12

Links in this week’s Smörgåsbord seem to fall conveniently into groups. Well represented are art and science and skepticism/denialism.

Posted by Darin Hayton on 05/30 at 09:46 AM

Thursday, June 03, 2010

Renaissance Art or Neuroanatomy (part 1)?

The first rant about physicians and scientists dabbling in the history of science. The example this time is an article by F. L. Meshberger on Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam fresco in the Sistine Chapel.

Posted by Darin Hayton on 06/03 at 10:00 PM
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Renaissance Art or Neuroanatomy (part 2)?

Another rant about physicians and scientists dabbling in the history of science. Seems often to produce a naive whig history. This rant focuses on Suk and Tamargo’s “Concealed Neuroanatomy in Michelangelo’s Separation of Light From Darkness in the Sistine Chapel,” which just appeared in Neurosurgery.

Posted by Darin Hayton on 06/10 at 10:36 PM

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Renaissance Art or Neuroanatomy (part 3)

A brief rant about the additional attention paid to the Suk and Tamargo article in which they claim to find various neuroanatomical structures in Michelangelo’s fresco in the Sistine Chapel.

Posted by Darin Hayton on 06/24 at 10:42 PM

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