History of the Body - In Images

Author:

British Library

Subject:

Arts, Humanities

Institution:

British Library

Collection:

British Library

Level:

Primary, Secondary, Post-secondary

Abstract:

For thousands of years the inner workings of the body have provoked fascination, confusion, amazement and even disgust. This site looks at the way different cultures, at various points in history, have looked at the body, and how these ideas have been translated into pictures.

Language:

English

Material Type:

Activities and Labs, Other

Media Format:

Graphics/Photos, Text/HTML

Conditions of Use:

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The content of this website can be accessed, printed and downloaded in an unaltered form (altered including being stretched, compressed, coloured or altered in any way so as to distort content from its original proportions or format) with copyright acknowledged, on a temporary basis for personal study that is not for a direct or indirect commercial use and any non-commercial use.

Copyright Holder:

The British Library Board