Model Experts - Wax Anatomies and Enlightenment in Florence and Vienna, 1775-1815 (Paperback)

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. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2015
First published:	2011
Authors:	Anna Maerker
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-9739-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Anatomy > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, c 1600 to c 1800 Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, c 1600 to c 1800
LSN:	0-7190-9739-8
Barcode:	9780719097393

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