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Ephemeral Bodies: Wax Sculpture and the Human Figure (Getty)
Ephemeral Bodies Wax Sculpture and the Human Figure - Getty
Author: Whitney Davis, Georges Didi-Huberman, Sharon Hecker, Uta Kornmeier, Joan B. Landes, Lyle Massey
The material history of wax is a history of disappearance--wax melts, liquefies, evaporates, and undergoes innumerable mutations. Wax is tactile, ambiguous, and mesmerizing, confounding viewers and scholars alike. It can approximate flesh with astonishing realism and has been used to create uncanny human simulacra since ancient times--from phall...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780892368778
ISBN-10: 0892368772
Publication Date: 3/24/2008
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Getty Publications
Book Type: Hardcover
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