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Thread #93866   Message #1815996
Posted By: jacqui.c
22-Aug-06 - 08:58 AM
Thread Name: BS: Plastination: Exhibition of Human Body
Subject: RE: BS: Plastination: Exhibition of Human Body
I saw the London exhibition a couple of years ago and found it fascinating.I was with a friend who had had damage to her spleen and we spent some time finding the body showing the spleen so that she could see what had been causing all her problems. The real work of art for me was the body showing the blood vessels, an amazing filigree of red in human form. It really was beautiful.

I would agree that it is essential that the corpses must be from consenting adults, but I felt much more uneasy going round the site at Pompeii and seeing the casts taken of the people in their death throes there. That really did make me feel like a voyeur. It would probably be the same with mummies - these were people who expected their remains to be left undisturbed.