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Author:

Ebenstein, Joanna, 1971- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014076960

Title:

The Anatomical Venus : wax, God, death & the ecstatic / Joanna Ebenstein.

Publisher:

D.A.P./Distributed Art PublishersInc.,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Subject:

Human anatomy--History.--Florence--Florence--History.
Human anatomy--Exhibitions.--Exhibitions.
Wax-modeling--Italy--History.
Wax-modeling--Exhibitions.
Anatomy, Artistic--History.
Death in art--History.
Anatomy, Artistic.
Models, Anatomic.
Anatomy, Artistic--history.
Human Body.
Exhibitions.
Death in art.
Human anatomy--Models.
Wax-modeling.
Italy.
Italy--Florence.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.

Other Authors:

Morbid Anatomy Museum, issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016074867

Notes:

At head of title: Morbid Anatomy Museum. Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Unveiling an anatomical enigma -- The birth of the Anatomical Venus -- From sacred to scientific use of wax -- Venus at the fairground -- Ecstasy, fetishism, and doll worship -- Venus, the uncanny, and the ghost in the machine.

Summary:

Compelling and alluring, this disquieting volume presents a host of deftly crafted dissectable female wax models and "slashed beauties" created to demonstrate anatomy in museums and fairgrounds around the world in the 18th and 19th centuries. Incisive commentary reveals the evolution of these enigmatic and sensual sculptures from the death masks, wax effigies and votive offerings of the Renaissance, and later to artist's muse, erotic fetish and the embodiment of the uncanny.

ISBN:

1938922913
9781938922916

OCLC:

(OCoLC)951099710

Locations:

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)