Gunther von Hagens' Body worlds
Subtitle: the anatomical exhibition of real human bodies
By: Gunther von Hagens, editing Angelina Whalley ; translation, Francis Kelly
Contributors: Whalley, Angelina
Publisher: Institute für Plastination; Arts & Sciences
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Heidelberg, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9783937256047
Subjects: Cadaver in art; Catalogs; Exhibitions; Medicine in art; Human anatomy; Preservation of organs, tissues; Tissues; Plastic embedment; Biological specimens; Human body; Human figure in art; Exhibits as Topic; Anatomy; Human Body; Medicine in the Arts; Artistic Anatomy; Cadaver; Anatomic Models
Other titles: Body worlds
Work titles: Körperwelten
Description: Catalog of Gunther von Hagen's exhibition of human bodies preserved by "plastination"and presented as "natural art" (p. 13). Work also includes a short history of anatomy and essays on ethical perspectives.
Notes: Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Anatomy and plastination. History of anatomy ; Plastinated specimens and plastination / Gunther von Hagens; title: The human body, anatomy and function. The locomotive system ; The nervous system ; The respiratory system ; The cardiovascular system ; The digestive system ; The kidneys and urinary tract ; The reproductive organs ; Prenatal development ; Whole-body specimens, Configurations of blood vessels / Angelina Whalley; title: Gunther von Hagens and Body worlds. The anatomists as prosektor and proplatiker ; The anatomist as priest and prophet / Charleen M. Moore, C. Mackenzie Brown; title: Plastinated specimens and their presentation in museums, a theoretical and bioethical retrospective on a media event / Axel W. Bauer; title: When death goes on display Ulrich Fischer; title: The dignity of the individual / Franz Josef Wetz; title: On gruesome corpses, gestalt plastinates and mandatory interment / Gunther von Hagens; title: The educating power of the sciences / Bazon Brock; title: Modern anatmical theatre; title: the first public autopsy in 200 years / Franz Josef Wetz; title: Body worlds through the eyes of its visitors / Angelina Whalley; title: Korperwelten as seen by visitors. Visitor survey report from the first exhibition in Europe / Ernst D. Lantermann.