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Subject(s)

• Anatomists—Italy—Biography [Browse]
• Wax-modeling—Italy—History [Browse]
• Anatomists [Browse]
• Medicine—History—18th century [Browse]
• Human anatomy—Models [Browse]
• Manzolini, Anna Morandi [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Biographies [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Biographies [Browse]

Summary note

"Anna Morandi Manzolini (1714-74), a woman artist and scientist, surmounted meager origins and limited formal education to become one of the most acclaimed anatomical sculptors of the Enlightenment. The Lady Anatomist tells the story of her compelling life and times, in light of the intertwined histories of science, gender, and art that complicated her rise to fame in the eighteenth century." "Examining the details of Morandi's personal history, Rebecca Messbarger traces her intellectual trajectory from provincial artist to internationally renowned anatomical wax modeler for the University of Bologna's famous medical school. Placing Morandi's work within its cultural and historical context, as well as in line with the Italian tradition of anatomical studies and design, Messbarger uncovers the messages contained within Morandi's wax inscriptions, part complex theories of the body and part poetry. Widely appealing to those with an interest in the tangled histories of art and the body, and including lavish, full-color reproductions of Morandi's work, The Lady Anatomist is a sophisticated biography of a true visionary."--Jacket.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-227) and index.

Contents

• Introduction: changing the angle of vision
• The Pope's anatomy museum
• Professing anatomy
• Re-casting
• The lady anatomist
• Esse est percipi : hands and eyes
• Beneath the fig leaf : the male reproductive system and genitalia
• Cessio ac venditio : the final years and the end of an age.

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ISBN

• 9780226520810 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
• 0226520811 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))

LCCN

2009045488

OCLC

460936174

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