Ballestriero, Roberta (Editor)
Burke, Owen (Editor)
Galassi, Francesco (Editor)
L'Erma di Bretschneider
Publication date: 2019
Language: English
Physical Details: 458 pp.
Re-discovered in the 13th – 14th centuries in Florence with the cult of votive offerings, the art of wax modelling or ceroplastics has an ancient origin, from early Egyptian, Greek and Roman times. It reached its artistic peak during the Renaissance when it was considered the material par excellence for the representation of portraits, sketches and funeral masks. With the advent of Neoclassicism, it extended into a more scientific environment, flourishing in the study of normal and pathological anatomy, obstetrics, zoology and botany. As Vasari underlined in the 16th century, it seems as if wax figures lack nothing but a breath of life, the spirit, the power of speech. Wax is a rich, complex medium allowing the creation of hyperrealistic figures, anatomical models with ‘living’ flesh and skin, votive offerings, wax death masks and portraits. For its resemblance to human flesh the results obtained can transcend reality and often cause us an array of feelings: pleasure, perplexity, surprise, discomfort – wax models rarely leave us indifferent. On the 1st-3rd of September 2017, the major institutions related to the art of Ceroplastics (Wax Modelling) met again, the first meeting of its kind for 40 years, at an International Congress in London, presented at the Gordon Museum of Pathology, King’s College in collaboration with the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers. This conference proceedings offers a comprehensive overview of many different aspects of wax modelling, including: History (Major Collections), Anatomy and Science (Anatomical/botanical models), Art and Portraiture (Effigies, Portraits, Waxworks, Funeral Masks, Votive Offerings), Conservation and Restoration (maintaining, cleaning, repairing), Techniques and Contemporary Art. The art of wax modelling encompasses a great many subject areas and this book contains papers from art historians, artists, sculptors, historians, physicians and museum curators and is relevant to anyone who is interested in art history, fine arts, religious studies, psychology, criminology, anthropology, medicine, pathology, restoration and museology.
...MoreChapter Alessandro Riva; Francesco Loy (2019) The Collection of Clemente Susini’s Anatomical Waxes in Cagliari: Its Historical, Scientific, Teaching and Artistic Value. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 175-182).
Chapter Melissa A. Carroll (2019) Modeling Lymphatic Anatomy - Dissection, Mercury and Wax. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 199-210).
Chapter Rumy Hilloowala (2019) Genesis of Florentine “La Specola” Anatomical Waxes: Theory of Irritability and Sensibility?. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 297-306).
Chapter Massimiliano Ghilardi (2019) Antonio Magnani and the Invention of "Corpisanti" in Ceroplastic. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 59-66).
Chapter Lora Angelova (2019) Adhesives and Consolidants for Wax and Wax-like Materials: A review. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 361-376).
Chapter Veronica Papa (2019) Learning Anatomy from Statues. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 85-94).
Chapter Eleanor Crook (2019) The Immortality of Wax. The magic of a volatile medium. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 127-136).
Chapter Valerie Kaufmann (2019) The Conservation / Restoration of Life-size Wax Figures. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 339-350).
Chapter Michael Sticherling (2019) Dermatological moulages at two German university sites – similarities and differences. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 183-190).
Chapter Claudia Corti (2019) The Anatomical Wax Models Created at the La Specola Museum. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 269-274).
Chapter V.E. Mandrij (2019) Lifelikeness and Botany in Late 18th Century: The Florence Museum of Natural History’s Didactic Botanical Wax Models. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 307-317).
Chapter Moira Ambrosi; Giuseppe Pieraccini; Giampaolo Ermini; Monica Galeotti; Claudia Corti (2019) The Anatomical Wax Models of the La Specola Museum: Analysis of the Degradation Process. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 329-338).
Chapter Victoria Oakley (2019) Conservation of Wax Objects at the V&A. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 319-328).
Chapter Michael L. Geiges; Sabina Carraro (2019) The Museum of Wax Moulages in Zurich. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 233-242).
Chapter Pietro Conte (2019) Waxworks Unframed. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 95-104).
Chapter Fabio Zampieri; Giovanni Magno; Alberto Zanatta (2019) Ophthalmologic Wax Models as an Educational Tool: The Case of the Padua Collection. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 243-254).
Chapter Rebecca Stevenson (2019) Mutable Objects and Anti-Heroics. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 137-142).
Chapter Nicola Harrison; Efstratia Verveniotou (2019) The Conservation of Insect Wax Models at the Natural History Museum, London. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 377-386).
Chapter Roberta Ballestriero (2019) From Flesh to Wax. A Journey throughout History, Science, Religion and Literature. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 19-35).
Chapter Kimberly Johnson (2019) Helpless Bodies and the Anatomy of Our Emptiness: Ceroplasty in Contemporary Art. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 115-125).
Chapter Nicolò Nicoli Aldini; Francesco Maria Galassi; Emanuele Armocida; Alessandro Ruggeri (2019) Giuseppe Astorri, Wax Modeller of the Bologna University, and His Preparations on the Musculoskeletal Apparatus. New Investigations on an Antique Heritage. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 211-218).
Chapter Maria Carla Garbarino; Valentina Cani; Lidia Falomo Bernarduzzi; Maria Gabriella Cusella De Angelis; Paolo Mazzarello (2019) The Wax Models of the University History Museum: a Composite Heritage Between Past and Present. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 225-232).
Chapter Laura Speranza (2019) Cellini, Giambologna, Zumbo and their Works in Ceroplastics. The long Experience of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence between Methodology and Experimentation. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 397-406).
Chapter Maria Teresa Chadwick Irarrázaval (2019) The Importance of Learning Ancient Lost Wax Techniques in the Digital Era. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 161-174).
Chapter Marco Antonio Miranda Razo (2019) Restoration and Conservation of Wax Objects: The Experience of a Mexican Craftsman. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 149-152).
Chapter Marjorie Trusted (2019) German Waxes in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Realism and Emotion. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 47-58).
Chapter Gabriela Sánchez Reyes (2019) Forgotten Devotional Objects: A Review of Ceroplastic Reliquaries in Mexico. 17th to 19th Centuries. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 77-84).
Chapter Marco Betti (2019) No Mere Teaching Tools: Wax Sculpture in Tuscany from the Medici through the Early Lorraine Dynasties. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 67-75).
Chapter Chiara Gabbriellini (2019) Diagnostic, Preservation and Restoration of some Important Italian Collections of Anatomical, Pathological and Botanical Waxes. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 351-360).
Chapter Alejandro Padilla (2019) The Art of Anaplastology: Anatomical Wax Work in Modern Facial Prosthetics. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 153-160).
Chapter Sabina Carraro; Michael L. Geiges (2019) Wax Moulage Restoration at the Museum of Wax Moulages Zurich. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 387-396).
Chapter William G.J. Edwards (2019) The Importance of Specimen Collections and Medical Museums. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 287-296).
Chapter Francesca Monza; Maria Gabriella Cusella; Paolo Mazzarello (2019) The Florentine Anatomical Wax Models in the Collection of Antonio Scarpa. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 275-286).
Chapter Pascale Pollier (2019) The Body in Pieces – Artists in the Medical Museum. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 143-148).
Chapter Stefania Lotti (2019) The Wax Models of the Imperiale E Regio Istituto Tecnico Toscano Currently Housed at the Fondazione Scienza E Tecnica of Florence: A Little - Known Treasure Rooted in the Historical Florentine Officina Ceroplastica. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 191-198).
Chapter Konrad Schlegel (2019) Julius von Schlosser and the Collection of Wax Artefacts in the Kunstkammer of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 37-46).
Chapter Eva Åhrén (2019) Ceroplastics in Circulation: Medical Models and Moulages in Early Twentieth-Century Stockholm. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 255-268).
Chapter Karen Koka (2019) Mayo Clinic Wax Models. In: Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (pp. 219-224).
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