Organic Supplements : Bodies and Things of the Natural World, 1580-1790.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (297 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Inscription and Incorporation -- Feather, Flourish, and Flow -- The Flower of Ointments and Early Modern Transcorporeality -- The Paris Opéra as a Vibrating Body -- Part II: Interface and Merger -- Gorgonick Spirits -- Things with Kid Gloves -- Vegetable Loves -- Part III: Vitality and Decay -- Knowing the World through Rococo Ornamental Prints -- Fingers in the Pie -- Milton's Hair -- Afterword -- Contributors -- Index.
The material qualities of things as living organisms--and things that originate from living organisms-- enabled a range of critical actions and experiences to take place for the people who wore, used, consumed, or perceived them.