Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Chapter 6, The Transparent Body: Biocultures of Evolution, Eugenics and Scientific Racism


Petrus Camper, b. 1722 - d. 1789, Dutch, Anatomist and Physiologist.
Mass produced souvenir card of Clara the Rhinoceros, 1747.  Speculated to have been drawn by Camper.






Camper, 1778.  Article link here.






Leochares, Apollo of the Belvedere, white marble, 350 - 325 BC.
7 feet high, Depicts Greek god Apollo.  Rediscovered in Italy during the Renaissance.






Johann Winckelmann, b. 1717 - d. 1768, German art historian and archaeologist.
French Museum of Natural History opens in 1794.  Link here for more.
More about the book here.
Link here for more.






Sylvester Stallone, movie actor
Link here for video.






Robert DeNiro in Raging Bull.
Link here if interested in the book.


Movie Poster, 1917

Link here to video.


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