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DESCRIPTION:This talk explores the history of so-called flap anatomies\, pr
 inted atlases of human anatomy that offer readers the opportunity to engag
 e in a virtual dissection as they fold back layered paper models of the bo
 dy. The earliest flap anatomies\, developed in Germany in the sixteenth ce
 ntury\, employed the technology of the printing press to create paper facs
 imiles of the human form. By the late nineteenth century\, colorful flap a
 natomies printed using the process of chromolithography decorated the wall
 s of physicians’ offices\, the desks of medical students\, and the bookshe
 lves of middle-class families in Europe\, the United States\, and around t
 he world. They offered popular audiences access to detailed and comprehens
 ive knowledge on topics rarely discussed in the drawing room\, from digest
 ion to human reproduction. Such works not only affirmed the privileged sta
 tus of anatomy as a visual and textual language for describing the body bu
 t also reinscribed older forms of knowledge\, including the “secrets of wo
 men\,” within the framework of modern medical science. By attending closel
 y to materiality and sensory practices\, this talk links the multisensoria
 l aspects of flap anatomies to the medicalization of touch as well as to e
 fforts to subvert the authority of mainstream medicine through embodied fo
 rms of learning and exploration.Bard Graduate Center is grateful for the g
 enerous support of the Selz Foundation.Jessica M. Dandona\, PhD\, is an ar
 t historian and professor in the liberal arts department at the Minneapoli
 s College of Art and Design\, where she teaches courses on art and empire\
 , the body in art and visual culture\, and modern art. Dr. Dandona has bee
 n the recipient of research grants from the Fulbright Association\, the Am
 erican Philosophical Society\, the Huntington Library\, the Staatsbiblioth
 ek zu Berlin\, and other institutions. Recent publications include article
 s in the journals Bulletin of the History of Medicine and Mortality as wel
 l as chapters in the edited volumes Art & the Critical Medical Humanities 
 (forthcoming 2026)\, Rethinking the Public Fetus: Historical Perspectives 
 on the Visual Culture of Pregnancy (2024)\, and Making Sense of Medicine: 
 Materiality and the Reproduction of Medical Knowledge (2022). Dr. Dandona’
 s current book project\, The Transparent Woman: Medical Visualities in Fin
 -de-Siècle Europe and the United States\, 1880–1900\, examines the visual 
 culture of medicine at the end of the nineteenth century.Object LabsAt BGC
 \, we use an object-centered approach to advance the study of the decorati
 ve arts\, design history\, and material culture. Join our student educator
 s before select spring 2026 public events to learn about some of the objec
 ts in BGC’s Study Collection. Each week we will showcase three objects car
 efully selected from the collection\, which includes more than 5\,000 obje
 cts in a variety of media. Drop in anytime between 5 and 6pm\; the experie
 nce takes roughly 10 minutes.February 25\; March 4 and 25\; April 8\, 15\,
  and 2238 West 86th Street\, 5–6 pmFounded in 2011\, the BGC Study Collect
 ion supports student research by providing opportunities for hands-on clos
 e examination of objects. Learn more about the BGC Study Collection here.
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Skeletons in the Drawing Room
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