The Artificial Body in Fashion and Art: Marionettes, Models and Mannequins

by Adam Geczy

Book Overview

Artificial bodies constructed in human likeness, from uncanny automatons to mechanical dolls, have long played a complex and subtle role in human identity and culture. This book takes a range of these bodies, from antiquity to the present day, to explore how we seek out echoes, caricatures and replications of ourselves in order to make sense of the complex world in which we live.

Packed with case studies, from the commedia del'arte to Hans...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472595955
• ISBN13: 9781472595959
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.5"