Malleable Anatomies

Malleable Anatomies
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 365
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ISBN-10 : 9780198736189
ISBN-13 : 0198736185
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Download or read book Malleable Anatomies written by Lucia Dacome and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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