The Anatomical Venus
Author:   Morbid Anatomy Museum ,  Joanna Ebenstein
Publisher:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN:  

9780500252185


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   16 May 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Morbid Anatomy Museum ,  Joanna Ebenstein
Publisher:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.870kg
ISBN:  

9780500252185


ISBN 10:   0500252181
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   16 May 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Foreword • Introduction • 1. Wax • 2. Theology/History/Italy • 3. Theatre/Fairground/ Spectacle • 4. Eroticism/Romanticism/Gender • 5. Aesthetics and Death • 6. The Uncanny • 7. Surrealism • Afterword

Reviews

'What Ebenstein argues is beguiling to our contemporary brains is that the figures weren't strictly medical, but beautiful as well' - vice.com 'An enchanting and repulsive book' - Huffington Post 'Joanna Ebenstein's sumptuous book is fascinated by this era in which the study of nature was also the study of philosophy; in which a body created for medical purposes could also be read as a work of art' - Guardian 'Fabulous ... A mesmerising marriage of art and science' - Tatler 'Wonderful and epically illustrated' - Telegraph


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Joanna Ebenstein is a multi-disciplinary artist, curator, writer, lecturer and graphic designer. She runs the Morbid Anatomy blog and website, and founded the Morbid Anatomy Museum. Ebenstein photographs, curates and collects artefacts, images and texts relating to curious collections, early museums and cabinets of curiosity, collectors and collecting, medical museums and museums of natural history. The Morbid Anatomy Museum was founded by Joanna Ebenstein and is located in Brooklyn, New York.

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