Panzanelli Roberta: Ephemeral Bodies: Wax Sculpture and the Human Figure
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: 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 phallic amulets offered to heal distressing conditions and…