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BOOKS OF THE BODY
ANATOMICAL RITUAL AND RENAISSANCE LEARNING |
| By: |
Andrea Carlino, John Tedeschi (Trans), Anne Tedeschi (Trans) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£28.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0226092879 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780226092874 |
| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
7 January, 2000 |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Translated from: |
Italian |
| Description: |
Presents a history of both Renaissance anatomists and the bodies they dissected. Despite the evidence of their dissections anatomists continued to teach outdated views for nearly two centuries, this book explores the nature and causes of their intellectual inertia. |
| Synopsis: |
One usually sees the Renaissance as a marked departure from older traditions, but Renaissance scholars often continued to cling to the teachings of the past. For instance, despite the evidence of their own dissections, which contradicted ancient and medieval texts, Renaissance anatomists continued to teach those outdated views for nearly two centuries. In "Books of the Body", Andrea Carlino explores the nature and causes of this intellectual inertia. On the one hand, anatomical practice was constrained by a reverence for classical texts and the belief that the study of anatomy was more properly part of natural philosophy than of medicine. On the other hand, cultural resistance to dissection and dismemberment of the human body, as well as moral and social norms that governed access to cadavers and the ritual of their public display in the anatomy theatre, also delayed anatomy's development. A history of both Renaissance anatomists and the bodies they dissected, this book should interest anyone studying Renaissance science, medicine, art, religion and society. |
| Illustrations: |
38 halftones |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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