The Eyes Have It

Here’s a very, very early example of dynamic, interactive graphics being used as a learning tool. Ur-Flash, one of animation’s ancestors, moving atoms not electrons.

“The woodcuts included in the manual are based primarily on Bartisch’s own drawings. The two series shown below appear in the book as single images with overlay flaps, allowing the reader to dissect the head or eye by pulling the flaps back.

It is considered the first modern work on eye surgery and one of the finest woodcut illustrated books of the 16th century.“