Artículos relacionados a Model experts: Wax anatomies and Enlightenment in Florence...

Model experts: Wax anatomies and Enlightenment in Florence and Vienna, 1775-1815 - Tapa blanda

Anna Maerker

 
9780719097393: Model experts: Wax anatomies and Enlightenment in Florence and Vienna, 1775-1815
Tapa blanda
ISBN 10: 0719097398 ISBN 13: 9780719097393
Editorial: Manchester University Press (P648), 2015

Sinopsis

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.

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Acerca del autor

Anna Maerker is Senior Lecturer in History of Medicine at King's College London

De la contraportada

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 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.

The book will be of interest to historians of medicine, science, art, and enlightenment, to scholars in museum studies and in science and technology studies interested in the historical emergence of expertise, public engagement with science, and the relationship between science and the state.

De la solapa interior

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 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. The book will be of interest to historians of medicine, science, art, and enlightenment, to scholars in museum studies and in science and technology studies interested in the historical emergence of expertise, public engagement with science, and the relationship between science and the state.

"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Editorial
Manchester University Press (P648)
Año de publicación
2015
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0719097398
ISBN 13 
9780719097393
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
270
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

Europaallee 1
Bad Hersfeld
36244
Alemania