#anatomical venus
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Saint Silvan is a miracle. Since he died two-thousand years ago, not one atom of his beautiful body has succumbed to the natural decay of the flesh. But the planet is not so fortunate. In a small church in Dubrovnik, Silvan lies in state for the veneration of the faithful while nation after nation succumbs to the rising tides of climate change. When an immortal dandy calling himself Az offers Silvan a job boosting humanity’s morale by prettifying the revered dead, Silvan is eager to offer his talents, unaware that someone may be playing him for a holy fool. From Imperial Rome to Soviet Russia, Silvan crosses the worlds of the living and the dead to uncover his past and divine his future in a dying world.
This is a story of magic and makeup, crypts and clownfish.
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anatomical angel
In the backroom.
Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Rouen, Backroom, Rouen, France von Morbid Anatomy
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Photo © Joanna Ebenstein, from The Secret Museum Exhibition,Observatory, 2010. Image may not be reproduced in printed form without express written permission. An exhibition exploring the poetics of hidden, untouched and curious collections from around the world in photographs and artifacts, by Joanna Ebenstein, co-founder of Observatory and creator of Morbid Anatomy.
i.The Lady of the House of Love, Angela Carter
ii.Dracula, Bram Stoker
iii. Anatomy of the Heart, Enrique Simonet y Lombardo, 1899
iv.The Lady of the House of Love, Angela Carter
v.Blonde, Joyce Carol Oates
vi. VenerinaorLittle Venus wax anatomical model, Clemente Susini, 1782
vii. Joanna Ebenstein (read: The Anatomical Venus: Wax, God, Death & the Ecstatic)
viii. Tragic Ways of Killing a Woman, Nicole Loraux
ix.Ophelia, Sir John Everett Millais, 1852
x.The Philosophy of Composition, Edgar Allan Poe
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