Malleable Anatomies: Models, Makers, and Material Culture in Eighteenth-century Italy

Malleable Anatomies: Models, Makers, and Material Culture in Eighteenth-century Italy
ISBN-10
0198736185
ISBN-13
9780198736189
Category
History
Pages
306
Language
English
Published
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Lucia Dacome

Description

An account of the practice of anatomical modelling in mid-eighteenth-century Italy, showing how anatomical models became an authoritative source of medical knowledge, but also informed social, cultural, and political developments at the crossroads of medical learning, religious ritual, antiquarian and artistic cultures, and Grand Tour spectacle

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