The Anatomical Venus by Morbid Anatomy Museum, Joanna Ebenstein
The Anatomical Venus

Morbid Anatomy Museum, Joanna Ebenstein

The Anatomical Venus

Morbid Anatomy Museum, Joanna Ebenstein

224 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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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. It - or, better, she - was conceived of as a...

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