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The anatomical Venus at Palazzo Poggi, Bologna
Hello everyone, today I finally find some time to write about Palazzo Poggi Museum in Bologna, hehe. Let me introduce you to the museum, which fully fits into my list of eerie and macabre museums and houses our juicy Anatomical Venus. Inside, you will find numerous collections (even though not all macabre stuff, I assure you it’s equally interesting and worth exploring).
Palazzo Poggi was built in the 16th century as a private residence but now hosts the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Bologna. Inside the palace, there are some collections of historical and scientific interest, including our very interesting and very sober anatomical waxes.
The anatomical waxes of Palazzo Poggi are a set of wax models representing parts of the human body, created by artists and anatomists. The collection consists of about 200 pieces, showing various systems of the human body, such as the nervous, circulatory, respiratory, and digestive systems. A rather peculiar collection is that of obstetric waxes, which strongly contributes to my aversion to childbirth and pregnancy.
The Room of the “Skinned Ones” in Poggi’s Palace
Well, guys, starting from the assumption that calling a room “the room of the skinned ones” is something of a certain macabre taste, and then you understand what it means to enter this room and find yourself surrounded by these beautiful things?
The skinned ones of Bologna are a series of anatomical wax models created by the brothers Ercole and Agostino Lelli, artists and anatomists active in Bologna in the 17th century. They were created for educational purposes and for the realistic and detailed representation of anatomy.
The Anatomical Venus – this sculpture got me a huge amount of bans on social media
Well, I hope that at least on this web space, which is literally my site, they let me post disturbing and somewhat unsettling stuff in peace, or does someone want to obscure me??? or ban me???? dskjhdkjhdsakdj
The Anatomical Venus at Palazzo Poggi, elegantly open to us, is a sculpture by Clemente Susini. The sculpture represents a naked woman with idealized proportions, with the internal parts of the body in relief, showing the internal organs as if they were transparent. The sculpture was created to demonstrate the functioning of the human body and served as an educational tool for medical students.
After the star of this article, I conclude by telling you that if you happen to be around, take a look at Palazzo Poggi: I reiterate, as at the beginning, that it’s full of many other interesting things, like the Aldrovandi collection, which I particularly liked!
