
From the early cave paintings in Lascaux in the Southwest of France, painted with hands and hollow bone, to the ethically questionable practice of plastination, humankind has tried to preserve the likeness of animals for millennia. In doing so, we leave behind detailed labors of love and fascination, a snapshot of our scientific understanding at the time.
In an arresting journey in comparative anatomy, Stripped Bare: The Art of Animal Anatomy looks at the insides of animals and reflects back humankind’s relationship with them and ourselves, from antiquity to today. Author David Bainbridge, University Clinical Veterinary Anatomist at the University of Cambridge, unlocks new ways of seeing through his exquisite descriptions of this stunning collection of illustrations.
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