Malleable anatomies : models, makers, and material culture in eighteenth-century Italy /

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 a...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Dacome, Lucia
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford University Press 2017
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
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.
Umfang:
1 online resource (365 pages, 54 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), photographs.
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-105580-8
0-19-179991-2
0-19-105579-4
Schlagworte:
1700-1799
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