Spectacular bodies: the art and science of the human body from Leonardo to now / [curated by] Martin Kemp, Marina Wallace
by Kemp, Martin. Wallace, Marina
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London Los Angeles: Hayward Gallery; University of California Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Softcover. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 232 pages: illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 29 cm. Contents: Introduction: 'Know thyself' -- pt. 1. The divine machine -- 1. Men at work: the rituals of dissection-- 2. Waxing eloquent: anatomy and style -- 3. Artists and academies -- pt. 2. The house of the soul -- 4. Reading the signs -- 5. Mad and bad: addled and atavistic -- pt. 3. New bodies -- 6. Modernist absence and post-modern presences -- 7. New eyes -- John Isaacs -- Katharine Dowson -- Marc Quinn -- Beth B -- Christine Borland -- Gerhard Lang -- Tony Oursler -- Bill Viola. Subjects: Hayward Gallery (London, England); Exhibitions. Medicine and art England; Catalogs.Medicine and art England; Exhibitions. Anatomy, Artistic; Catalogs. Anatomy, Artistic; Exhibitions.
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- Title
- Spectacular bodies: the art and science of the human body from Leonardo to now / [curated by] Martin Kemp, Marina Wallace
- Author
- Kemp, Martin. Wallace, Marina
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1853322148
- ISBN 13
- 9781853322143
- Publisher
- London Los Angeles: Hayward Gallery; University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
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