Model Experts: Wax Anatomies and Enlightenment in Florence and Vienna, 1775-1815 - Couverture rigide

Maerker, Anna

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0719082056 ISBN 13 : 9780719082054

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Based on a detailed study of rich archival sources, Model experts explores practices of model production and display, and reveals the often invisible labours of the co-operating artisans, anatomists, and administrators.

The book shows that the models were central to a remarkable political experiment: 'La Specola' opened in 1775 as the Royal Museum of Physics and Natural History, one of the first public science museums in Europe. As a venue for public enlightenment, the museum displayed model anatomies to create the model citizen. The study also moves beyond the borders of Tuscany, following a set of Florentine waxes to Vienna to explore the diverse reactions of medical professionals and general audiences as the models travelled in enlightened Europe. The book will be of interest to historians of medicine, science, art, and enlightenment, to scholars in museum studies and in science & technology studies interested in the historical emergence of expertise, public engagement with science, and the relationship between science and the state.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Anna Maerker is Senior Lecturer in History of Medicine at Oxford Brookes University

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0719082056
• ISBN 13: 9780719082054
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 264
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