Malleable Anatomies

Autor

Lucia Dacome

Editura

Oxford University Press

An publicare

2017

Nr. Pagini

336

ISBN

9780198736189

Categorii

Istorie Științe Umaniste Stiinte Istorie: Din Antichitate Pana In Prezent Istorie Moderna: 1700 - 1900

Descriere

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.