The Anatomical Venus: Wax, God, Death & the Ecstatic

by Joanna Ebenstein

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"Ebenstein, founder of the Morbid Anatomy Museum in Brooklyn, finds her peculiar subject at the intersection of science and art in 18th-century Florence." -Publishers Weekly

Of all the artifacts from the history of medicine, the Anatomical Venus--with its heady mixture of beauty, eroticism and death--is the most seductive. These life-sized dissectible wax women reclining on moth-eaten velvet cushions--with glass eyes,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1938922913

ISBN13:9781938922916

Release Date:May 2016

Publisher:Distributed Art Publishers (DAP)

Length:224 Pages

Weight:1.85 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.9" x 9.5"

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