From the eccentric Museo La Specola in Florence comes this amazing collection of waxworks depicting the human anatomy in all its dazzling complexity. A selection of wax bodies and body part and organ studies from the museum's collection is presented here; from skeletons to vein structures, organs to nerves, and arteries to the delicate pores of the skin, the human body is mapped out in meticulous and exacting detail. Texts explaining the human anatomy in laypersons' terms and exploring the historical and cultural significance of the wax figures complete this "total body experience."
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Presents a collection of waxworks depicting the human anatomy in all its dazzling complexity. This book features a selection of wax bodies and body part and organ studies; from skeletons to vein structures, organs to nerves, and arteries to delicate pores of the skin. It also features the human body mapped out in meticulous and exacting detail.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9783822850404
Publisert
2006-04
Utgiver
Vendor
Taschen Gmbh
Høyde
140 mm
Bredde
195 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Italiensk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
576

Om bidragsyterne

Monika von During is Professor of Neuroanatomy at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany. Her brief medical explanations help to guide both lay-reader and medical expert through this graphic encyclopaedia of anatomy. Marta Poggesi is a biologist, and has been curator of the Museo Zoologico La Specola since 1969. Parallel to research projects, she manages and catalogues the zoological collection, to which the anatomical wax bodies and parts belong. Georges Didi-Huberman is professor at the College of Social Sciences in Paris. His contribution underscores the tension inherent in this collection: between religious votive wax figures, mannerist art and wonder chambers and the Enlightenment.