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Gunther von Hagens' Body worlds : the anatomical exhibition of real human bodies : catalog on the exhibition / [photographs, Gunther von Hagens ; translation, Francis Kelly]
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TextPublication details: Heidelberg, Germany : Institute für Plastination, c2007Description: 319 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 28 cmISBN: - 3937256040
- Gunther von Hagens' Bodyworlds
- Body worlds
- Bodyworlds
- Hagens, Gunther von
- Cadaver in art -- Catalogs
- Cadaver in art -- Exhibitions
- Medicine in art -- Catalogs
- Medicine in art -- Exhibitions
- Human anatomy -- Catalogs
- Human anatomy -- Exhibitions
- Preservation of organs, tissues, etc
- Tissues -- Plastic embedment
- Biological specimens -- Plastic embedment
- Body, Human -- Exhibitions
- Body, Human -- Catalogs
- Human figure in art
- 611.0014/ GUN
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Summary: Catalog of Gunther von Hagen's exhibition of human bodies preserved by "plastination"and presented as "natural art" (p. 13)
Anatomy and plastination / Gunther von Hagens -- Human body, anatomy and function / Angelina Whalley -- Gunther von hagens and Body worlds / Charleen M. Moore, C. Mackenzie Brown -- Plastinated specimens and their presentation in museums, a theoretical and bioethical retrospective on a media event / Axel W. Bauer -- When death goes on display / Ulrich Fischer -- Dignity of the individual / Franz Josef Wetz -- On gruesome corpses, gestalt plastinates and mandatory interment / Gunther von Hagens -- Educating power of the sciences / Bazon Brock -- Modern anatomical theatre, the first public autopsy in 200 years / Franz Josef Wetz -- Body worlds through the eyes of its visitors / Angelina Whalley -- Körpenwelten as seen by visitors / Ernst D. Lantermann.
The exhibition is also known as Körperwelten and Le Monde Du Corps in some countries.
Includes bibliographical references
Anatomy and plastination / Gunther von Hagens -- Human body, anatomy and function / Angelina Whalley -- Gunther von hagens and Body worlds / Charleen M. Moore, C. Mackenzie Brown -- Plastinated specimens and their presentation in museums, a theoretical and bioethical retrospective on a media event / Axel W. Bauer -- When death goes on display / Ulrich Fischer -- Dignity of the individual / Franz Josef Wetz -- On gruesome corpses, gestalt plastinates and mandatory interment / Gunther von Hagens -- Educating power of the sciences / Bazon Brock -- Modern anatomical theatre, the first public autopsy in 200 years / Franz Josef Wetz -- Body worlds through the eyes of its visitors / Angelina Whalley -- Körpenwelten as seen by visitors / Ernst D. Lantermann.
Catalog of Gunther von Hagen's exhibition of human bodies preserved by "plastination"and presented as "natural art" (p. 13)
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