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  • Écorché: The Art and Science of Seeing Through Others

    Écorché: The Art and Science of Seeing Through Others

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    Uriél Danā
    Professional Fine Artist, Curator. Writer & Contributing Editor on Art, Culture, Tantric Buddhism. Former Arts Ambassador, US State Dept.
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    Écorché is a word coined by the École Des Beaux Arts to describe a figure that is drawn, painted, or sculpted without skin to reveal the muscles and bones below. It literally translates to “flayed or skinned”. In Western Europe this teaching practice went back to the Italian Renaissance. Long associated with masters such as Leonardo da…

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