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The human body in scientific and artistic representations. Around 1800 anatomy as a discipline rose to scientific prominence as it undergirded the Paris-centred clinical revolution in medicine. Although classical anatomy gradually lost ground in the following centuries in favor of new disciplines based on microscopic analysis, general anatomy nevertheless remained pivotal in the teaching of medicine. Corpses, anatomical preparations, models, and drawings were used more intensively than ever before. Moreover, anatomy received new forms of public visibility. Through public exhibitions and lectures in museums and fairgrounds, anatomy became part of general education and secured a place in popular imagination. As such, the anatomical body developed into a production site for racial, gender, and class identities. Both within the medical and the public sphere, art and science continued to be closely intertwined in anatomical representations of the body. Bodies Beyond Borders' analyzes the notion of circulation in anatomy. Following anatomy through different locations and cultural domains permits a deeper understanding of its history and its changing place in society. The essays in this collection focus on a wide variety of circulating ideas and objects, ranging from models and body parts to illustrations and texts.
Academic collection --- Human anatomy --- Anatomie humaine --- Aesthetics of art --- Philosophy of science --- History of civilization --- Sociology of health --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1999 --- 316.75:001 --- 378.4 --- 316.75:001 Wetenschapssociologie --- Wetenschapssociologie --- 378.4 Universiteiten --- Universiteiten --- Histoire --- Histoire.
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A revisionist biography of Andreas Vesalius--the father of modern anatomy--as deeply shaped by Renaissance culture. In 1543 the young and ambitious physician Andreas Vesalius published one of the most famous books in the history of medicine, On the Fabric of the Human Body. While we often think of dissection as destroying the body, Vesalius believed that it helped him understand how to construct the human body. In this book, Sachiko Kusukawa shows how Vesalius's publication emerged from the interplay of Renaissance art, printing technology, and classical tradition. She challenges the conventional view of Vesalius as a proto-modern, anti-authoritarian father of anatomy through a more nuanced account of how Vesalius exploited cultural and technological developments to create a big and beautiful book that propelled him into imperial circles and secured his enduring fame.
Book history --- History of human medicine --- Human anatomy --- anatomy --- boekdrukkunst --- Vesalius, Andreas --- Anatomie humaine --- Dessin d'anatomie. --- Médecine et art. --- Anatomy, Artistic --- Medicine and art. --- Anatomy, Artistic. --- Dans l'art. --- In art. --- Vésale, André, --- Vesalius, Andreas,
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