ART & PATHOLOGY From Kandinsky to Georgia O'Keeffe, it’s almost as if these artists peered into a microscope to find inspirations for some of their works. Follow the 🧵 to see similarities between these masterpieces and benign tissue samples. @DCFpath #pathart #PathTwitter
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▪️Wassily Kandinsky Credited as a pioneer of abstractionism, his work “Color Study: Squares with Concentric Circles” reminds us of the corpora amylacea seen in prostate. #pathart #PathTwitter #pathologist #uropath #Kandinsky
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▪️Van-Gogh His thick brushstrokes can capture movement. We think that ovarian stroma has some “impasto” similar to Van Gogh's works. #pathart #pathtwitter #pathology #pathologist #histology #GYNpath #VanGogh
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▪️Gustav Klimt His work with gold leaf reminds us of bile salts, but this isn’t the only aspect of his work. His radiating rings, swirling and concentric spirals reminds us of Hassal corpuscles in the thymus. #pathart #pathtwitter #pathology #pathologist #histology #GIpath
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▪️Georgia O'Keeffe She captured the endless expanses of clouds as observed from an airplane window. For us, “Sky above the clouds IV” is reminiscent of a nonkeratinized squamous epithelium. #pathart #pathtwitter #pathology #pathologist #histology #GIpath
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▪️Leonid Afremov The use of his impressionistic spatula is unmistakable and unique. His technique reminds us of the epithelial cells seen in cytological smears. #pathart #pathtwitter #pathology #pathologist #histology #cytopath
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▪️Alma Thomas Recognized as one of the major American painters of the 20th century. Her masterpiece “The Eclipse”, reminds us of how follicular cells and thecal layer arrange around oocytes in ovarian follicles. #pathart #pathtwitter #pathology #pathologist #histology #gynpath
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▪️Lee Krasner One of the 20th century's most inspiring women artists and a pioneer of abstract expressionism. Her masterpiece “Night Creatures” reminds us of the bone structure seen under the scope. #pathart #pathtwitter #pathology #pathologist #histology
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▪️Jackson Pollock Perhaps the greatest figure in the abstract expressionist movement. His "drip technique" is reminiscent of loose connective tissue that is stained with charcoal from a submucosal tattoo and other dyes. #pathart #pathtwitter #pathology #pathologist #GIpath
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▪️Piet Mondrian Mondrian is known for his straight lines and pure colors, orderly and mathematical. However, some of his early works with serene landscapes reminds us of the diverse structures of neurons in the central nervous system #pathart #pathtwitter #pathology #pathologist
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