Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: La Specola Collection; Wax Anatomical Models
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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La Specola Collection; Wax Anatomical Models
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Image View:
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Overall view from the side, wax model in display case; partially "flayed" with one arm raised
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Creator:
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unknown (Italian cast maker)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Zoologico 'La Specola' (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Palazzo Torrigani, Via Romana 17
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GPS:
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+43.764531+11.247342
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Date:
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ca. 1700-1799 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Eighteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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colored wax
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Technique:
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casting (process); modeling (forming)
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Subjects:
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human figure; scientific or medical; anatomy
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Description:
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The Museum of Zoology and Natural History, best known as La Specola, is an eclectic natural history museum in Florence, central Italy, located next to the Pitti Palace. The name Specola means observatory, a reference to the astronomical observatory founded there in 1790. Parts of the collection can be traced back to the Medici Family. It is known for its collection of wax anatomical models from the 18th century. The modeling of the soft parts of dissections, teaching illustrations of anatomy, was first practiced in Florence during the Renaissance. The practice of moulage, or the depiction of human anatomy and different diseases taken from directly casting from the body using (in the early period) gelatine moulds, later alginate or silicone moulds, used wax as its primary material. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A2-I-F-LSAC-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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