Forces of Form: The Vrolik Museum - Softcover

 
9789056297244: Forces of Form: The Vrolik Museum
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9056297244 ISBN 13: 9789056297244
Verlag: Vossiuspers UvA, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Established around the private collections of Gerardus Vrolik (1775–1859) and his son Willem (1801–63), the Vrolik Musuem in Amsterdam has since its founding in the nineteenth century been one of the most admired expositions of anatomy in all of Europe. Scientists and physicians from all over the world travel to gaze upon the five thousand specimens of human and animal anatomy, embryology, pathology, and congenital anomalies housed at the museum. 

Forces of Form brings this collection back into the limelight, exploring the museum’s rich history and displaying in color illustrations 150 of the museum’s most fascinating specimens. 

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Laurens de Rooy works in the Department of Anatomy and Embryology at the Amsterdam Medical Center and is curator of the Vrolik Museum. Hans van den Bogaard is a freelance photographer. 


Laurens de Rooy is a medical history researcher and curator of the Vrolik Museum, housed at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam. Hans van den Bogaard is a freelance photographer.

Laurens de Rooy is a medical history researcher and curator of the Vrolik Museum, housed at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam.Hans van den Bogaard is a freelance photographer.

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The Museum Vrolikianum in Amsterdam was famous amongst scientists and medical men all over Europe in the nineteenth century. No visit to the city was complete without taking the opportunity to gaze in admiration at its five thousand specimens, ranging from curious stillbirths to human skeletons ­ healthy or diseased ­ and all kinds of exotic and not-so-exotic animals.

Recent scientific publications have brought this exceptional collection back into the limelight. With its wonderful photographs by Hans van den Bogaard, this book is certain to extend that renewed interest to an even wider audience. Forces of Form provides a beautifully illustrated overview of Amsterdam’s great tradition of anatomical collecting, homes in on the Vrolik Museum’s long history and reveals the collection’s huge scientific and cultural value. After all, a collection like this deserves to be seen.

Aus dem Klappentext

The Museum Vrolikianum in Amsterdam was famous amongst scientists and medical men all over Europe in the nineteenth century. No visit to the city was complete without taking the opportunity to gaze in admiration at its five thousand specimens, ranging from curious stillbirths to human skeletons healthy or diseased and all kinds of exotic and not-so-exotic animals.Recent scientific publications have brought this exceptional collection back into the limelight. With its wonderful photographs by Hans van den Bogaard, this book is certain to extend that renewed interest to an even wider audience. Forces of Form provides a beautifully illustrated overview of Amsterdam s great tradition of anatomical collecting, homes in on the Vrolik Museum s long history and reveals the collection s huge scientific and cultural value. After all, a collection like this deserves to be seen.

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Verlag
Vossiuspers UvA
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9056297244
ISBN 13 
9789056297244
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
143
Herausgeber
Knepper Simon, Kortenray Johan, Moorman Antoon
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