Radiology and fine art.
OBJECTIVE
The radiologic aesthetics of some body parts and internal organs have inspired certain artists to create specific works of art. Our aim was to describe the link between radiology and fine art. We explored 13,625 artworks in the literature produced by 2049 artists and found several thousand photographs in an online image search. The examination revealed 271 radiologic artworks (1.99%) created by 59 artists (2.88%) who mainly applied radiography, sonography, CT, and MRI.


CONCLUSIONS
Some authors produced radiologic artistic photographs, and others used radiologic images to create artful compositions, specific sculptures, or digital works. Many radiologic artworks have symbolic, metaphoric, or conceptual connotations. Radiology is clearly becoming an original and important field of modern art.
Department of Neuroanatomy and Gross Anatomy, Institute of Anatomy, University School of Medicine, Dr. Subotić 4/2, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. mocamarinkovic@med.bg.ac.rs
Slobodan
S
Marinković
Tatjana
T
Stošić-Opinćal
Oliver
O
Tomić
D000716:Anatomy, Artistic; D000818:Animals; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D018594:Human Body; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D010781:Photography / Q000379:methods; D012613:Sculpture