Buy this book on-line Maerker, Anna : Model Experts : wax anatomies and enlightenment in Florence and Vienna, 1775-1815University of Manchester Press, Manchester, 2011 ISBN 9780719097393
Model Experts is the first book-length history in English of a celebrated collection of anatomical wax models from the Reale Museo di fisica e storia naturale (Florence, Italy) which continues to fascinate audiences and shape our image of the body to the present day. It reveals the human relationships, controversies, and political projects which surrounded the artificial bodies. Includes : List of figures and plates; List of abbreviations; Introduction: Model practices and expertise in state service . Part I: Politics of nature and politics of the body ; The politics of nature and the foundation of the Royal Museum [ 2] . Bodies and the state in eighteenth-century Tuscany. Part II: Articulating expertise in everyday practice [3.] Accuracy and authority in model production [4] . Model reception and the display of expertise Part III: Changing model contexts and interpretations [5.] The rejection of the Florentine anatomical models in Vienna [6] Regime changes in Tuscany and at La Specola, 1790-1814. 252p.lllus bibliograhy.index. Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: As New Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Maerker, Anna : Model Experts : wax anatomies and enlightenment in Florence and Vienna, 1775-1815. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres rares, fine bindings, livres anciens, rare books and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |