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Leonardo's foot : how 10 toes, 52 bones, and 66 muscles shaped the human world Cover Image

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Leonardo's foot : how 10 toes, 52 bones, and 66 muscles shaped the human world

Summary: Whether discussing the ideal human form in classical antiquity, the impressive depth of the arching soles on the figures in Botticelli's Birth of Venus, an array of foot maladies and how they have affected luminaries from Lord Byron to Benjamin Franklin, or the racy history of foot fetishism, Rinzler has created a wonderfully engaging cultural biography of our lowest extremities. This is social history and popular science writing at its most entertaining - page after page of fascinating facts, based on the playful notion that appreciating this often overlooked part of our body is essential to understanding what it is to be human.

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ISBN: 9781934137628 (pbk.) :
ISBN: 1934137626 (pbk.) :
Physical Description: print
xii, 193 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:	New October 2014.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-181) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Destiny -- Disability -- Difference -- Diet -- Desire -- Appendix: Pais, ped, pod -- Sources and bibliography -- Index.