Joanna Ebenstein

Step into a world where imagination knows no bounds with The Art of Fairy Tales by Joanna Ebenstein. This lavishly illustrated gift book invites readers on a mesmerizing journey through the enchanted realm of fairy tales as interpreted by master artists across centuries. From the haunting illustrations of Arthur Rackham to the surrealist visions of Leonora Carrington, Ebenstein curates a...

"There's a fine line between the horrible and the sublime, and Joanna Ebenstein's Anatomica: The Exquisite and Unsettling Art of Human Anatomy walks it." – New York Times Book Review For centuries, humankind has sought to know itself through an understanding of the body, in sickness and in health, inside and out. This fascination left in its wake a rich...

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 as a means to teach human anatomy without the need for constant dissection, which was messy, ethically fraught, and subject to quick decay. This life-sized wax woman...