Malleable Anatomies Models, Makers, and Material Culture in Eighteenth-Century Italy Dacome, Lucia. creator text bibliography Electronic books. History enk Oxford OUP Oxford 2017 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (365 pages) : color illustrations, color maps An account of the practice of anatomical modelling in mid-eighteenth-century Italy, showing how anatomical models became an authoritative source of medical knowledge, but also informed social, cultural, and political developments at the crossroads of medical learning, religious ritual, antiquarian and artistic cultures, and Grand Tour spectacle. Cover; Malleable Anatomies: Models, Makers, and Material Culture in Eighteenth-Century Italy; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; BEGINNINGS; LIFELIKE MATTERS; THE CENTURY OF THINGS; BETWEEN PATRONAGE AND COMMERCE; TOURING AND VIEWING; ANATOMICAL CELEBRITIES; ENTANGLED LIVES; THE OUTLINE; 1: Prospero's Tools; 'MAGNUS IN FOLIO, PARVUS IN SOLIO'; NEW POPE AND NOVEL PATRON; THE BODY OF THE CHURCH; THE ANATOMY OF THE POPE; MODELLING SANCTITY; ANATOMY AND THE BORDERS OF THE NATURAL WORLD; BOLOGNA AND ROME. POWERFUL THINGS2: Artificer and Connoisseur; 'LABORIOUS MERE ANATOMICAL BUSINESS'; LELLI AND THE HARQUEBUS LINCHPIN; AN ANATOMY ROOM AT THE INSTITUTE OF THE SCIENCES; MAKING MODELS; WAX WARS; DANCING AND DISSECTING; 'THE GREATEST ANATOMIST IN EUROPE'; BODIES, MODELS, AND STATUES; THE STRIPPING OF THE STATUES; LEARNING TO LOOK; 3: Anatomy, Embroidery, and the Fabric of Celebrity; SPREADING THE NEWS; UN/ORDINARY HOUSEHOLDS; ANATOMICAL HOMES; MODELLING AND MOTHERING; ANATOMY LIKE EMBROIDERY; THE BEAUTY OF ANATOMY; ANATOMISTS, NOT CHARLATANS; ARTISTS AND ANATOMISTS. WITH A 'LEARNED AND BEAUTIFUL HAND'WIGS, COLLARS, AND 'DESPERATE PHYSIOGNOMIES'; 4: Women, Wax, and Anatomy; THE FLUID WORLD OF WAX; PLEADING WITH THE POPE; FRIVOLOUS MINDS AND FUTILE THINGS; VISIONS AND THE NATURE OF THE IMAGINATION; HEATING UP PEOPLE'S HEADS; POLICING DEVOTION; WAXWORKS AND THE INVISIBLE HAND; IMPRESSING THE SENSES; KEEPING THINGS SEPARATE; IN THE PROXIMITY OF KNOWLEDGE; BOLOGNA'S WAX CULTURES; WAX EFFIGIES; 5: Blindfolding the Midwives; ANATOMY AND MIDWIFERY; 'TIRELESS STUDIES, AFFABLE MANNERS'; SENSING CHILDBIRTH; BLINDING KNOWLEDGE; MODELLING MATERNITY. A PORTELLA AT THE INSTITUTE OF THE SCIENCESMODELS, TRAINING, AND LICENSING; RELIGIOUS LICENSING; TRANSLATING GESTURAL KNOWLEDGE; 6: Transferring Value; VALUABLE MATTERS; ENTERING THE BOOKISH WORLD OF ANATOMY; IN A STATE OF EXTREME NEED; MEDICAL ENTERPRISES; THE SALT OF THE LION; TRANSFERABLE SKILLS; PORTRAYING CELEBRITY; CELEBRITY AND MODESTY; 7: Injecting Knowledge; GIUSEPPE GOES TO NAPLES; A SKELETON AT THE NEAPOLITAN COURT; THE LURE OF THE VOLCANO; ONE OF THE MOST PERFECT PHILOSOPHERS; THE MAKING OF A COURTIER SAVANT; 'A SECOND WORLD FROM THE FIRST'; THICKENING BLOOD; 'THE CITY OF BLOODS' REGENERATIONJUGGLER OR PHILOSOPHER; THE NATURAL AND THE ARTIFICIAL; Epilogue: Becoming Obsolete; Select Bibliography; PRIMARY SOURCES; Manuscript Sources: Archives and Libraries; Printed Primary Sources; SECONDARY SOURCES; Index. Lucia Dacome. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-it--- Wax-modeling Anatomy 18th century Medicine History Anatomy history History of Medicine Italy Anatomie 18e siècle Médecine Histoire history of medicine MEDICAL Anatomy SCIENCE Life Sciences Human Anatomy & Physiology Medicine Anatomy Wax-modeling 1700-1799 fast QM11 611 QS 11 G18 D118m Malleable Anatomies : Models, Makers, and Material Culture in Eighteenth-Century Italy Dacome, Lucia. Oxford : OUP Oxford, ©2017 Past & present book series 9780191055799 0191055794 9780191799914 0191799912 0198736185 9780198736189 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/26752 EBLCP 170603 20260319163928.7 in00005714888 eng