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The quick and the dead : artists and anatomy : national touring exhibitions / Deanna Petherbridge and Ludmilla Jordanova.
LIBRA - Special NC760 .Q53 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anatomy, Artistic.
- Human figure in art.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 120 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- To study anatomy, many artists dissected the dead to better depict the living. "The Quick and the Dead" focuses on a range of artists from Leonardo da Vinci to Cindy Sherman to show the great richness and complexity that can result when art and science intersect. The drawings, prints, photographs, and objects in this book span five centuries and mark numerous cultural shifts, yet their imagery is as powerful today as when they were created. 92 illustrations, 31 in color.
- Notes:
- A national touring exhibition organised by the Hayward Gallery, London, for the Arts Council of England. Exhibition tour: Royal College of Art, London, Oct. 28-Nov. 24, 1997, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, Jan. 10-Mar. 14, 1998, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, Mar. 28-May 24, 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-115).
- ISBN:
- 0520217381
- 9780520217386
- OCLC:
- 39888051
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