The Anatomy of Body Worlds: Critical Essays on the Plastinated Cadavers of Gunther Von Hagens

Book Overview

Since its Tokyo debut in 1995, Gunther von Hagens' Body Worlds exhibition has been visited by more than 25 million people at museums and science centers across North America, Europe, and Asia. Preserved through von Hagens' unique process of plastination, the bodies shown in the controversial exhibit are posed to mimic life and art, from a striking re-creation of Rodin's The Thinker, to a preserved horse and its human rider, a basketball player,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786436565
• ISBN13: 9780786436569
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher