Anatomies a cultural history of the human body

It is the inspiration for art, the subject of science and the source of some of the greatest stories ever told. From ancient body art to plastic surgery, from early anatomists to conceptual artists, grave-robbers to bionic athletes, our changing attitudes to the human body, how it works, what it sho...

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Main Author: Aldersey-Williams, Hugh.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.
Edition: First American edition.
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