Encyclopaedia Anatomica (Ed. Taschen, 2006, 574 pag.) Colectia modele anatomice Museo La Specola, Florenta muzeu colectie cadavre anatomie artistica

Autor: Monika von Düring is Professor of Neuroanatomy at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany. Her brief medical explanations help to guide both lay-reader and medical expert through this graphic encyclopaedia of anatomy. Marta Poggesi is a biologist, and has been curator of the Museo Zoologico La Specola since 1969. Parallel to research projects, she manages and catalogues the zoological collection, to which the anatomical wax bodies and parts belong. Georges Didi-Huberman is professor at the College of Social Sciences in Paris. His contribution underscores the tension inherent in this collection: between religious votive wax figures, mannerist art and wonder chambers and the Enlightenment.

Titlu: Encyclopaedia anatomica. A complete collection of anatomical waxes (Museo La Specola, Florence)

Editura: Taschen

An aparitie: 2006

Nr. pagini: 574

Hartie de calitate

Tip coperta: Brosata

450 ilustratii

starea cartii: foarte buna

Descriere: From the eccentric museum La Specola in Florence comes this amazing collection of waxworks depicting human anatomy in all its dazzling complexity. A selection of wax bodies and body part and organ studies from the museum’s collection is presented here; from skeletons to vein structures, organs to nerves, and arteries to the delicate poresof the skin, the human body is mapped out in meticulous and exacting detail. Texts explaining the human anatomy in layperson’s terms and exploring the historical and cultural significance of the wax figures complete this “total body experience”.

With 27 wax bodies and 1500 part and organ studies, this is a veritable cathedral to the human form. Whether it be the skeleton, or vein structures, organs or nerves, arteries or the complexities of the skin all are reproduced here, in detail.

The wax figure collection in 'La Specola' in Florence / Marta Poggesi -- Wax flesh, vicious circles / Georges Didi-Huberman -- The anatomy of the human body : a unique collection of the late 18th century / Monika v. Düring -- Bones and joints -- Muscles -- Heart and blood circulation -- Lymphatic system -- Brain and spinal cord -- Cranial nerves and sense organs -- Spinal nerves and autonomic nervous system -- Viscera -- Urinary and reproductive system