Encyclopaedia Anatomica

Gathering together photographs of stunningly realistic wax anatomies from Florence's Museo La Specola, Encyclopedia Anatomica is a fascinating journey through the human body. Each chapter from the original volume is reduced here, though the most important views and studies have all been included.

About the Series:
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About the authors:
Georges Didi-Huberman is professor at the College of Social Sciences in Paris. His contribution underscores the tension inherent in this collection: between religious votive wax figures, mannerist art and wonder chambers and the Enlightenment.

Monika von Düring is Professor of Neuroanatomy at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany. Her brief medical explanations help to guide both lay-reader and medical expert through this graphic encyclopaedia of anatomy.

Marta Poggesi is a biologist, and has been curator of the Museo Zoologico La Specola since 1969. Parallel to research projects, she manages and catalogues the zoological collection, to which the anatomical wax bodies and parts belong.