▁artist , ▁Jacob ▁Lawrence ▁created ▁his ▁V es al ius ▁Su ite ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁an atom ical ▁draw ings ▁of ▁Andreas ▁V es al ius . ▁ ▁" De ▁Fab rica ▁received ▁a ▁mixed ▁reception ▁when ▁it ▁first ▁appeared ; ▁strict ▁Gal en ists ▁de pl ored ▁its ▁attacks ▁on ▁their ▁master , ▁while ▁other ▁an atom ists , ▁particularly ▁in ▁Italy , ▁pra ised ▁it ▁as ▁an ▁important ▁contribution — the ▁reaction ▁that ▁was ▁ultimately ▁to ▁carry ▁the ▁day ," ▁con cludes ▁Kath ar ine ▁Park ▁her ▁Comment ary ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁De ▁Fab rica . ▁ ▁V es al ius ▁was ▁going ▁up ▁against ▁the ▁tower ing ▁authority ▁of ▁a ▁tradition ▁stretch ing ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁anci ents — here ▁specifically ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Gal en ▁– ▁with ▁only ▁his ▁experience ▁on ▁his ▁side . ▁He ▁knew ▁what ▁his ▁eyes ▁saw ▁and ▁his ▁hands ▁felt , ▁and ▁concluded ▁that ▁traditional ▁belief ▁was ▁wrong . ▁In ▁his ▁publications ▁we ▁see ▁V es al ius ▁doing ▁everything ▁he ▁can ▁think ▁of ▁to ▁bol ster ▁his ▁author itative ▁image : ▁publishing ▁a ▁huge ▁monument ▁to ▁himself , ▁but ▁present ing ▁the ▁work ▁using ▁Gal en ' s ▁own ▁flow chart ; ▁present ing ▁himself ▁as ▁personal ▁phys ician ▁to ▁the ▁em peror ▁and ▁having ▁himself ▁dep icted ▁in ▁a ▁command ing ▁position ▁on ▁the ▁title ▁page ▁of ▁the ▁book ; ▁augment ing ▁his ▁words ▁with ▁illustr ation ▁after ▁illustr ation ▁and ▁recomm ending ▁the ▁exper ient ial ▁road ▁to