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Body criticism

by Barbara Maria Stafford

1991 587 pages eng

History
Medicine and art Siècle des lumières Medicine in the Arts Menselijk lichaam History, 18th Century Artistic Anatomy Geneeskunde Enlightenment Beeldende kunsten Body image History

A celebration of visual culture as well as a contribution to the history of the human body. It aims to explore the strategies developed in the 18th century for making visible the unseeable aspects of the world. In the process it uncovers and analyzes a set of body metaphors.

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