Arts of dissection.
Marguerite Waknine| N° d'inventaire | 23714 |
| Format | 15 x 21 |
| Détails | 56 p., notebook. |
| Publication | Angoulême, 2018 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9791094565285 |
At the very beginning of the 18th century, in England, a considerable invention was born and enjoyed immense success: that of an extremely modern daily press, in that it broke with a form of press that had until then been content to transmit political or military news. This new press was symbolized by one name above all: The Spectator, a form of journalistic and literary expression that could rightly be said to prefigure all aspects of modern journalism. A newspaper, therefore, that would appear daily (six issues per week, 555 in all) where current affairs themes (on the most varied subjects), studies of morals, literary or art criticism, and even pages devoted to fashion and etiquette were discussed, all accompanied by a reader's letter. In short, a true dialogue was established between the newspaper and its readership, a dialogue marked by elegance and finesse and a radically new and unparalleled freedom of tone. The designers and editors of the small affair are Joseph Addison and Richard Steele: the first (1672-1719) is English, an eminent statesman, writer and poet;
the second (1672-1729) was an Irishman who, after a very brief military career, devoted himself to writing, becoming a writer and journalist. The immense adventure of the Spectator contains a wealth of treasures, including these two dissections reported in the newspaper in January 1712: first that of the skull of a precious man; then that of the heart of a coquette. Beyond the literary virtuosity of Joseph Addsion (he is the author of these two texts), these two short stories in the form of dreams are undoubtedly part of a long and exciting history of dissection and anatomy, as much literary as plastic. This is why it seemed very judicious to associate under this cover these two little gems with a notebook of images where the bodies are also opened, examined, probed, where the flesh is visited like so many intimacies turned inside out and brought to light.
At the very beginning of the 18th century, in England, a considerable invention was born and enjoyed immense success: that of an extremely modern daily press, in that it broke with a form of press that had until then been content to transmit political or military news. This new press was symbolized by one name above all: The Spectator, a form of journalistic and literary expression that could rightly be said to prefigure all aspects of modern journalism. A newspaper, therefore, that would appear daily (six issues per week, 555 in all) where current affairs themes (on the most varied subjects), studies of morals, literary or art criticism, and even pages devoted to fashion and etiquette were discussed, all accompanied by a reader's letter. In short, a true dialogue was established between the newspaper and its readership, a dialogue marked by elegance and finesse and a radically new and unparalleled freedom of tone. The designers and editors of the small affair are Joseph Addison and Richard Steele: the first (1672-1719) is English, an eminent statesman, writer and poet;
the second (1672-1729) was an Irishman who, after a very brief military career, devoted himself to writing, becoming a writer and journalist. The immense adventure of the Spectator contains a wealth of treasures, including these two dissections reported in the newspaper in January 1712: first that of the skull of a precious man; then that of the heart of a coquette. Beyond the literary virtuosity of Joseph Addsion (he is the author of these two texts), these two short stories in the form of dreams are undoubtedly part of a long and exciting history of dissection and anatomy, as much literary as plastic. This is why it seemed very judicious to associate under this cover these two little gems with a notebook of images where the bodies are also opened, examined, probed, where the flesh is visited like so many intimacies turned inside out and brought to light.