Écorché

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Écorché by Leonardo da Vinci.
Écorché by Leonardo da Vinci.

An écorché is a figure drawn, painted, or sculpted showing the muscles of the body without skin. Renaissance architect and theorist, Leon Battista Alberti recommended that when painters intend to depict a nude, they should first arrange the muscles and bones, then depict the overlying skin.[1]

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  1. ^ Écorché defined at artlex.com
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