Spectacular bodies
Subtitle: the art and science of the human body from Leonardo to now
By: [curated by] Martin Kemp, Marina Wallace.
Contributors: Kemp, Martin.; Wallace, Marina.; Hayward Gallery.
Publisher: Hayward Gallery; University of California Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Human figure in art -- Exhibitions; Anatomy, Artistic -- Exhibitions; Human anatomy -- Exhibitions; Medicine and art -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: Art and science of the human body from Leonardo to now
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition of the same title held at Hayward Gallery, London, Oct. 2000-Jan. 14, 2001.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : 'Know thyself' -- -- pt. 1. The; title: divine machine -- -- 1.; title: Men at work : the rituals of dissection-- -- 2.; title: Waxing eloquent : anatomy and style -- -- 3.; title: Artists and academies -- -- pt. 2. The; title: house of the soul -- -- 4.; title: Reading the signs -- -- 5.; title: Mad and bad : addled and atavistic -- -- pt. 3.; title: New bodies -- -- 6.; title: Modernist absence and post-modern presences -- -- 7.; title: New eyes --; title: John Issacs --; title: Katharine Dowson --; title: Marc Quinn --; title: Beth B --; title: Christine Borland --; title: Gerhard Lang --; title: Tony Oursler --; title: Bill Viola.