{"title":"Morbid Anatomy Museum","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Morbid Anatomy Museum collection offers a captivating exploration of the intersection between art, death, and the human body. Readers can expect richly illustrated works that delve into historical curiosities, medical oddities, and the cultural fascination with mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese books invite a thoughtful reflection on how anatomy and mortality have influenced artistic expression and cultural narratives. Perfect for those intrigued by the aesthetics of the macabre and the stories behind anatomical art.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-anatomical-venus-by-morbid-anatomy-museum-9780500252185","title":"The Anatomical Venus","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeneath the original Venetian glass and rosewood case at La Specola in Florence lies Clemente Susini's \u003ci\u003eAnatomical Venus\u003c\/i\u003e (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 is adorned with glass eyes and human hair and can be dismembered into dozens of parts revealing, at the final remove, a tranquil foetus curled in her womb. Sister models soon appeared throughout Europe, where they not only instructed the specialist students but also delighted the general public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Anatomical Venus\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of these female wax models and reveals their evolution from wax effigy to fetish figure and the embodiment of the uncanny. Today, these images trouble the edges of our neat categorical divides between life and death, science and religion, body and soul, effigy and ecstasy, spectacle and education, kitsch and fine art. Skilfully written by a curator of the macabre, the beautiful, and the spiritual, this is a meticulously illustrated survey of these anatomical odalisques and the cultural and artistic intersection they inhabit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471720825068,"sku":"9780500252185","price":48.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780500252185-the-anatomical-venus.jpg?v=1775250291"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/morbid-anatomy-museum.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}