Beneath the original Venetian glass and rosewood case at La Specola in Florence lies Clemente Susini's Anatomical Venus (c. 1790), a perfect object whose luxuriously bizarre existence challenges belief. This title reveals the evolution of the enigmatic sculptures from wax effigy to fetish figure and the embodiment of the uncanny.


Format Inbunden Omfång 224 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Thames & Hudson Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2016-05-16 ISBN 9780500252185