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Published by The MIT Press, 1993
ISBN 10: 0262691655ISBN 13: 9780262691659
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Published by Mit Pr, 1991
ISBN 10: 0262193043ISBN 13: 9780262193047
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Published by The M.I.T. Press, 1993
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. According to the publisher's blurb, "Body Criticism is a celebration of visual culture as well as a major contribution to our understanding of the history of the human body. At its core is a profound exploration of the innovative strategies developed in the eighteenth century for making visible the unseeable aspects of the world. In the process it uncovers and analyzes the persistence of a remarkable set of body metaphors deriving from both aesthetic and medical practices. For Barbara Stafford, all forms of representation are metaphors for cognitive processes in a society, and the historian's job is to reconstruct the metaphors in order to shed light on the society. Here she looks at the changing nature of images of the human body as a key to understanding the changing status of the body as western society was establishing the outlines of modernity. The six central chapters examine a remarkable range of images and representational practices under the headings Dissecting, Abstracting, Conceiving, Marking, Magnifying, and Sensing. The importance of 'Body Criticism lies in its own visibilizing of previously unexplored interrelationships between art and medicine not only during the Enlightenment but now. Stafford also presents a strong argument for society's need to recognize the occurrence of a profound revolution - a radical shift from a text-based to a visually-centered culture. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiv + 587 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Published by The MIT Press, [1993]., Cambridge, MA:, 1993
ISBN 10: 0262691655ISBN 13: 9780262691659
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4to. xxi, [3], 587, [1] pp. Over 250 illusts., diagrams, photos. Colour-illust. softcvrs, yapp edges, NF copy from the collection of Dr. Rochelle Martin. First edition of this profusely illustrated history of perception, focusing on changing attitudes toward the human body.
Published by The MIT Press 1993, 1993
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Published by MIT Press, 1993, 1993
Seller: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, United Kingdom
Tall 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (top edge marked and very slightly spotted - otherwise VG). Pp. xx + 587, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions).
Published by MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1991
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First Edition
First edition. 4to. [xxi], 587 pp. Illustrated. Cloth in dustwrapper, fine copy. (81450).
Published by The MIT Press, Cambridge, 1993
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Pictorial Stiff Wrappers. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Quarto. Pp. xxi, 587. Chapters on Dissecting, Magnifying, Conceiving, etc. With 247 illustrations in black & white. Quarter-inch closed tear to edge of front wrapper, else as new in colorful stiff wrappers.
Published by MIT Press, 1991
ISBN 10: 0262193043ISBN 13: 9780262193047
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. xxi 587p large quarto format hardback, dustjacket excellent, this copy as new, never used, well preserved, no traces of use or names or stamps, excellent and heavy volume Language: English.
Published by MIT 1991, 1991
Seller: Peter J. Hadley Bookseller ABA ILAB, Ludlow, United Kingdom
First Edition
VG bright tight copy in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. 612pp. 1st edition, 1st issue. "Body Criticism" is a celebration of visual culture as well as a contribution to our understanding of the history of the human body. At its core is an exploration of the innovative strategies developed in the 18th century for making visible the unseeable aspects of the world. In the process it uncovers and analyzes the persistence of a set of body metaphors deriving from both aesthetic and medical practices. For Barbara Stafford, all forms of representation are metaphors for cognitive processes in a society, and the historian's job is to reconstruct the metaphors in order to shed light on the society. Here she looks at the changing nature of images of the human body as a key to understanding the changing status of the body as Western society was establishing the outlines of modernity. The six central chapters examine a range of images and representational practices under the headings Dissecting, Abstracting, Conceiving, Marking, Magnifying and Sensing. The importance of "Body Criticism" lies in its own visibilizing of previously unexplored interrelationships between art and medicine not only during the Enlightenment but now. Stafford also presents a strong argument for society's need to recognize the occurrence of a profound revolution - a radical shift from a text-based to a visually-centred culture. She offers an analysis of a philosophic, artistic, and scientific quest that continues in our contemporary technological search to reveal nonapparent physical and mental experience. Based on her study of the roots of this visual culture, she argues that modern societies need to develop innovative, nonlinguistic paradigms and to train a broad public in visual aptitude. ISBN 0262193043.
Published by MIT Press, Cambridge (MA), 1991
Seller: Paule Leon Bisson-Millet, Beilstein, Germany
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Hardcover. Condition: Wie neu. Dust Jacket Condition: Wie neu. Barbara Maria Stafford. Body Criticism. Imaging the Unseen in Enlightment Art and Medicine. Cambridge (MA) 1991. 280:210mm. XXIV + 592S. 254 Abb. Ln. Mit Schutzumchlag. "In this erudite and profusely illustrated history of perception, Stafford explores a remarkable set of body metaphors deriving from both aesthetic and medical practices that were developed During the Enlighment for making visible the unseeable aspects of the worlds". Bibliographie, Index. Please considere that there are extra postage expenses for sending outside the EU. For the UK there are a supplement of on the usual postage expenses.
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Cambridge/London, The MIT Press 1991. 28 : 20,5 cm. 585 S. mit zahlr. Abb. Orig.-Leinen mit farb. illustr. Schutzumschlag, Exlibris. Neuwertiges Exemplar. Sprache: en.