The lady anatomist the life and work of Anna Morandi Manzolini

Summary: Anna Morandi Manzolini (1714-74), a woman artist and scientist, surmounted meager origins and limited formal education to become one of the most acclaimed anatomical sculptors of the Enlightenment. The Lady Anatomist tells the story of her arresting life and times, in light of the intertwined histories of science, gender, and art that complicated her rise to fame in the eighteenth century. Examining the details of Morandi's remarkable life, Rebecca Messbarger traces her intellectual trajectory from provincial artist to internationally renowned anatomical wax modeler for the University.

Record details

ISBN: 9780226520841
ISBN: 0226520846
ISBN: 9780226520810
ISBN: 0226520811
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (xiii, 234 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: changing the angle of vision -- The Pope's anatomy museum -- Professing anatomy -- Re-casting -- The lady anatomist -- Esse est percipi : hands and eyes -- Beneath the fig leaf : the male reproductive system and genitalia -- Cessio ac venditio : the final years and the end of an age.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.