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Human Anatomy
Depicting the Body from the Renaissance to Today
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This lavishly illustrated book chronicles the remarkable history of anatomical illustration from the Renaissance to the digital Visible Human project of today. Its survey of five and a half centuries of meticulous visual description by anatomists and artists will be a welcome addition to the libraries of artists, art students, doctors and anyone interested in the history of science.


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Introduction: Technologies of Anatomical Representation; History of Anatomy; Early Modern Era - Anatomical Dreamtime: Anatomical Primitives; Cadavers at Play; Anatomical Arts and Sciences; Body Part as Body Art; Show-off Cadavers; 1680 - 1800: Getting Real: Monumental Books; Beautiful Ugliness; Another Reality; Modern Times: Visible and Visionary: Dissection Scenes and Fancies; Dreaming Art Anatomy; The People's Anatomy; Dreaming the Industrial Body; Reuniting the Divided Self; Visible Human.


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ISBN-13: 9780500512999
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication date: January, 2006
Pages: 344
Weight: 980g
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Subcategories: General Issues

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