Notomie di Titiano (Chosen by Rachel Connor, MA student, University of Otago)
Creator
Date
1670
Identifier
Health Sciences Historical Collection WZ405 BS23
Type
Publisher
Bologna
Abstract
‘This is a book of engravings of remarkably lively dead people. The skeletons and musclemen have an unnerving, rangy energy that stays in the mind long after you put the book away. Early in the book, a skeleton leans on a tomb, crossing his ankles and contemplates a skull. Male figures displaying layers of musculature stride across miniature landscapes like Gargantua.
The strong, energised, naturalistic poses of the men figured in the drawings have come from cadavers. There is a compelling and disturbing juxtaposition of gross detail and energy, even in the way the skeleton crosses its legs. The most disturbing image within is the engraving of the body of a man suspended from the gallows. It’s a gruesome and fascinating book.’
The strong, energised, naturalistic poses of the men figured in the drawings have come from cadavers. There is a compelling and disturbing juxtaposition of gross detail and energy, even in the way the skeleton crosses its legs. The most disturbing image within is the engraving of the body of a man suspended from the gallows. It’s a gruesome and fascinating book.’
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Citation
Domenico Bonaveri, “Notomie di Titiano (Chosen by Rachel Connor, MA student, University of Otago),” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed November 6, 2024, https://ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/11017.