The historical wall charts of the University of Turin: a perfect combination between art and science

On Friday 25th October 2024, at 9:00 p.m. in the Aula Magna of the Accademia di Medicina (via Po 18, Turin), the event The historical wall charts of the University of Turin: a perfect combination between art and science will take place.

After the greetings of Stefano Geuna, Rector of the University of Turin and Giancarlo Isaia, President of the Academy, Claudia Bocca, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, scientific referee of the Art In Med project, Art in the dissemination of Medical Sciences, will speak. This will be followed by contributions from Marco Galloni, former Professor of Anatomy and Veterinary Medicine, ASTUT (Scientific and Technological Archive) Director, Mara Fausone, ASTUT Manager, SMA (University Museum System) and Andrea Valle, Professor, Department of Humanities. All speakers are from the University of Turin. Moderator: Giuseppe Poli, Professor of General Pathology and member of the Academy of Medicine.

Wall charts were introduced for educational purposes at the end of 19th century and have been mainly used in the Universities for teaching Medical and Veterinary Sciences, where they represented fundamental visual supports, forerunners of contemporary multimedia ones.

Wall charts were a very common communication tool, which allowed teachers to illustrate their researches in the classroom.
The University of Turin preserves several collections of wall charts regarding different scientific fields; some were drawn by eminent scientists, as Giulio Bizzozero, the discoverer of blood platelets.
Wall charts depict the structures of the organism in a worthy combination of art and science and constitute a precious historical-scientific heritage, little known and to be valorized.

You can follow the meeting either in person or by streaming online.