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Body criticismBody criticism

Body criticism1991

Barbara Maria Stafford

About this book

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.

Details

First published
1991
OL Work ID
OL14854210W

Subjects

Medicine and artBody imageAnatomy, ArtisticArtistic AnatomyEnlightenmentHistoryMedicine in the ArtsMédecine et artMenselijk lichaamImage du corpsAnatomie artistiqueSiècle des lumièresGeneeskundeVisualisatieHistory, 18th CenturyHistoireHet OnzienlijkeBeeldende kunsten

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