9780262193047 - Body Criticism: Imaging the Unseen in Enlightenment Art and Medicine von Stafford, Barbara Maria (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2050grams, ISBN:0262193043.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a finedust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xxi, 587 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 534-573) and index. Contents; Introduction: the visualization of knowledge. Somatic metaphors -- Antinomies -- Hunting for method -- Surface or depth -- Picture and text. 1. Dissecting. Searching operations -- Physiognomics, or corporeal connoisseurship -- The calculation of incongruity -- Pathognomics, or the pursuit of looks. 2. Abstracting. Systems of epitomization -- Wounds of experience -- Distracting styles of pain -- Patterns of interiority. 3. Conceiving. Barbarisms, or strangeness incarnate -- "Brain-born images" -- Breeding for difference -- Grotesques, or ars combinatoria. 4. Marking. Contagious pointillism -- Stains of desire -- "Like a shadow on the skin" -- Romantic misfits. 5. Magnifying. Microscope seers -- Visual quackery -- Dream projections -- Free to be false. 6. Sensing. A finer touch -- Mental meteorology -- Fluid phantoms -- Communicate feelings. Conclusion: the aesthetics of almost. Subjects; 1700-1799. 18th century. Body image History 18th century. Anatomy, Artistic History 18th century. Medicine and art History 18th century. Enlightenment (18th-century western movement). Body image : cultural history. 3 Kg.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. xxi 587p large quarto format hardback, dustjacket excellent, this copy as new, never used, well preserved, no traces of use or names or stamps, excellent and heavy volume Language: English.

Leinen. Zustand: Sehr gut. Second printing (2. Aufl.). 587 S. ; Ill. ; Sprache: Englisch sehr guter Zustand, leichte Lagerspuren am Schutzumschlag, Bleistiftnotizen im Vorsatz Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2070.