This film describes the eight weeks of embryological development in an overview with the help of selected original pictures and original texts by Professor Erich Blechschmidt.
During his academic career as an anatomist and embryologist, Erich Blechschmidt wrote more than 150 scientific papers. At the same time, it was always important to him to make the results of his findings understandable for non-specialists and laymen. One of these endeavours is presented here - a so-called ‘sound picture’ from the 1960s and 1970s, a sequence of slides with accompanying text. The series of pictures and the spoken text have been retained in the original, conceived and written by E. Blechschmidt. We have ‘animated’ the pictures using simple means, occasionally fading in picture inserts and sometimes adding music.
Our intention is to offer a simple, visually supported and clearly structured introduction to the sometimes somewhat complex and unwieldy language of Erich Blechschmidt. Many easily understandable basic terms and general concepts can be finded in this ‘sound picture’, which Blechschmidt continues to expand on in his increasingly detailed written works.
We hope that the following 45 minutes will be interesting enough for you to turn to embryology (again?) with curiosity. Or, to put it more precisely in Blechschmidt's terms:
An embryology (ontogenesis) of the human being that understands growth and differentiation as biodynamic and biokinetic morphology or ‘form-becoming’, in which the emerging anatomy of an individual becomes describable as a developmental movement of physical structure.
During his academic career as an anatomist and embryologist, Erich Blechschmidt wrote more than 150 scientific papers. At the same time, it was always important to him to make the results of his findings understandable for non-specialists and laymen. One of these endeavours is presented here - a so-called ‘sound picture’ from the 1960s and 1970s, a sequence of slides with accompanying text. The series of pictures and the spoken text have been retained in the original, conceived and written by E. Blechschmidt. We have ‘animated’ the pictures using simple means, occasionally fading in picture inserts and sometimes adding music.
Our intention is to offer a simple, visually supported and clearly structured introduction to the sometimes somewhat complex and unwieldy language of Erich Blechschmidt. Many easily understandable basic terms and general concepts can be finded in this ‘sound picture’, which Blechschmidt continues to expand on in his increasingly detailed written works.
We hope that the following 45 minutes will be interesting enough for you to turn to embryology (again?) with curiosity. Or, to put it more precisely in Blechschmidt's terms:
An embryology (ontogenesis) of the human being that understands growth and differentiation as biodynamic and biokinetic morphology or ‘form-becoming’, in which the emerging anatomy of an individual becomes describable as a developmental movement of physical structure.
Konrad Obermeier is responsible for the professional image and sound production. He is the editor and therefore also responsible for the new Blechschmidt books published by Kiener-Verlag.
Original texts and image selection: Prof Dr Erich Blechschmidt.
Image editing, animation and production: Konrad Obermeier.
Original texts and image selection: Prof Dr Erich Blechschmidt.
Image editing, animation and production: Konrad Obermeier.
| A visual introduction to biodynamic embryology |
| Konrad Obermeier |
| 1 lectures |
| Total Length: 00:41:29 |
english |
| in the media library since 07/2024 |
| VOR#027EN / DOZ#019 |
Course plan
INTRO
Embryology - visual introduction ‘Early stages’ (VOR#027EN)
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