{"product_id":"subtle-butchers-blaise-ducos-9780807188354","title":"Subtle Butchers: A Short History of Human Remains, from Rembrandt to Ruysch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSubtle Butchers: A Short History of Human Remains from Rembrandt to Ruysch, \u003c\/i\u003e is based on a Manship lecture Dr. Ducos delivered to the LSU community during a campus visit in 2023, entitled \u003ci\u003eBodies as the End? The Inquiry into the Human Form in Rembrandt's Time.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Holland, well into the 1700s, rekindling the \u003ci\u003eflambeau\u003c\/i\u003e of the Italian Renaissance meant, among other pursuits, experimenting on the human body - artistically and scientifically. As a form and, \u003ci\u003eliterally\u003c\/i\u003e. But where could actual bodies be licitly seen? In the artist's studio, as live models; on the surgeon's table; in the collector's cabinet. In every instance, observation and imagination were at play. Artists, the medical profession, and collectors of the time thus saw the body as a mysterious source of beauty. Hence, anatomical forays, presented with considerable staging acumen, became focal points of the artistic masterpieces from this time and place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Blaise Ducos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807188352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807188354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.47h x 4.63w x 0.18d","brand":"Blaise Ducos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174421831935,"sku":"9780807188354","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_091e5255-e981-4ab0-a1ad-427ac9e2e33a.jpg?v=1788959675","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/subtle-butchers-blaise-ducos-9780807188354","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}