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

Maerker, Anna

 
9780719097393: Model Experts: Wax Anatomies and Enlightenment in Florence and Vienna, 1775-1815

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, now available in paperback, 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.

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À propos de l?auteur

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

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9780719082054: Model Experts: Wax Anatomies and Enlightenment in Florence and Vienna, 1775-1815

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0719082056 ISBN 13 :  9780719082054
Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2011
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