The Body Emblazoned: Dissection and the Human Body in Renaissance Culture

by Jonathan Sawday

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An outstanding piece of scholarship and a fascinating read, The Body Emblazoned is a compelling study of the culture of dissection the English Renaissance, which informed intellectual enquiry in Europe for nearly two hundred years. In this outstanding work, Jonathan Sawday explores the dark, morbid eroticism of the Renaissance anatomy theatre, and relates it to not only the great monuments of Renaissance art, but to the very foundation of the modern...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415157196

ISBN13:9780415157193

Release Date:October 1996

Publisher:Routledge

Length:372 Pages

Weight:1.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 7.1" x 10.1"

Related Subjects

Anatomy Ancient Anthropology Art Arts, Music & Photography Basic Sciences Cultural Death Early Civilization History

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