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Ephemeral bodies : wax sculpture and the human figure / edited by Roberta Panzanelli

by Roberta Panzanelli, Julius von Schlosser

This collection of eight essays explores the material history and conceptual ambiguity of wax reproductions of the human body in Western art. It analyses the use of wax in anatomical specimens and votive imagery, addressing its physical impermanence and realism.

Accession 4180 ISBN 9780892368778 Publisher Getty
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