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<\/a><\/p>We’ll give you a hint: Look at God’s neck.<\/p>
Still can’t see it? Take a look<\/a> in a May issue of the journal Neurosurgery<\/em>. What do a medical illustrator and a neurosurgeon see when they look at a Michelangelo masterpiece?<\/p> We propose that in the Separation of Light From Darkness<\/em>, Michelangelo drew into God’s neck a ventral view of the brainstem as well as the perisellar and chiasmatic regions.<\/p><\/blockquote> Some art historians aren’t convinced. Brian A. Curran, an associate professor of art history at Pennsylvania State University told<\/a> The New York Times<\/em>:<\/p> “I think this may be another case of the authors looking too hard for something they want to find. . . I don’t want to discourage people from looking. But sometimes a neck is just a neck.”<\/p><\/blockquote> Related content: Images: Wikimedia<\/a>, Ian Suk and Rafael Tamargo \/ Neurosurgery What do you see in this detail from the Sistine Chapel frescos?We’ll give you a hint: Look at God’s neck.Still can’t see it? Take a look in a May issue of the journal Neurosurgery. What do a medical illustrator and … Continue reading Though finding this hidden drawing seems to take a lot of squinting and genuine imagination<\/a>, the article’s authors claim that their beliefs have historical and artistic groundings. For one, Michelangelo was a master at dissecting cadavers, a hobby he started at age 17, the authors told<\/a> NPR. They also point to the lighting, God’s trimmed beard, and the fact that, as a neck, it isn’t anatomically correct. For a brainstem, the authors think, it’s just right.<\/p>
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