The turn of the skull: Andreas vesalius and the early modern memento mori

Art History

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 958-975

  Juan, Rose Marie San ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84872949734     PISSN: 01416790     EISSN: 14678365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8365.2012.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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