The development of the study of anatomy from the Renaissance to Cartesianism : da Carpi, Vesalius, Estienne, Bidloo /

This book is the first to focus on a paradox of anatomical images from the Renaissance to the 18th century: the representation of skeletons and flayed figures in a state of animation, i. e. apparently endowed with life despite the logical impossibility of this being so. The exploration of this pheno...

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Main Author: Cuir, Raphaël
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2009.
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Online Access:CONNECT