1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuzner (1672-1733) Creation of Man from Dust (Homo ex humo) folio copper engraving drawn by a team of
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuzner (1672-1733) Creation of Man from Dust (Homo ex humo) folio copper engraving drawn by a team of engravers under the direction of Johann Andreas Pfeffel (1674-1748). The goal of Scheuzner's work was to use the best contemporary science to illuminate the biblical account of human history in a sequence of 745 plates. At the time there was little doubt that science (physica) supported the literal truth of the Biblical chronology of creation and history. The frame includes fetal and neonatal skeletons and disections in the style of momento mori.
Size: 3413px × 5120px
Photo credit: © PAUL D STEWART/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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