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The Eighteenth-century Body : Art, History, Literature, Medicine
The Eighteenth-century Body : Art, History, Literature, Medicine
/ edited by Angelica Goodden
- 1st ed.
- Oxford Peter Lang Ltd, ©2002
- 188 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographies and index
The eighteenth century - an age of empiricism - saw understanding the body as central to the science of man. In medicine, literature and the arts the theme of corporeality focused debates about "correct" human responses, expressing emotion, representing beauty and cultivating relaionships. These papers set out to examine how the body came to the fore as communicative medium, hygienic complex and object of artistic as well as scientific investigation and literary presentation.
9783906768502
Arts, Modern
700.45 / GOO
Includes bibliographies and index
The eighteenth century - an age of empiricism - saw understanding the body as central to the science of man. In medicine, literature and the arts the theme of corporeality focused debates about "correct" human responses, expressing emotion, representing beauty and cultivating relaionships. These papers set out to examine how the body came to the fore as communicative medium, hygienic complex and object of artistic as well as scientific investigation and literary presentation.
9783906768502
Arts, Modern
700.45 / GOO