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Spectacular bodies : the art and science of the human body from Leonardo to now / [curated by] Martin Kemp, Marina Wallace.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Hayward Gallery ; Berkeley : University of California Press, 2000.Description: 232 p : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29cmISBN:
  • 9780520227927
  • 1853322148
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Contents:
Introduction : 'Know thyself' -- pt. 1. The divine machine -- 1. Men at work : the rituals of dissection-- 2. Waxing eloquent : anatomy and style -- 3. Artists and academies -- pt. 2. The house of the soul -- 4. Reading the signs -- 5. Mad and bad : addled and atavistic -- pt. 3. New bodies -- 6. Modernist absence and post-modern presences -- 7. New eyes -- John Isaacs -- Katharine Dowson -- Marc Quinn -- Beth B -- Christine Borland -- Gerhard Lang -- Tony Oursler -- Bill Viola.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Gold 704.942 KEM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 25/03/2025 00727
Book Book CGLAS Library Gold 704.942 KEM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00728

Catalogue of an exhibition of the same title held at Hayward Gallery, London, October 2000-January 14, 2001.

Introduction : 'Know thyself' -- pt. 1. The divine machine -- 1. Men at work : the rituals of dissection-- 2. Waxing eloquent : anatomy and style -- 3. Artists and academies -- pt. 2. The house of the soul -- 4. Reading the signs -- 5. Mad and bad : addled and atavistic -- pt. 3. New bodies -- 6. Modernist absence and post-modern presences -- 7. New eyes -- John Isaacs -- Katharine Dowson -- Marc Quinn -- Beth B -- Christine Borland -- Gerhard Lang -- Tony Oursler -- Bill Viola.

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