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In Charles Dessalines d’Orbigny’s nineteenth-century study of the human skeleton, there is no hint of morbidity, only order. Every bone, every curve, rendered with the same care one might reserve for architecture or music. It is a reminder that anatomy, in the age of Enlightenment, was both science and devotion: a way of mapping the divine symmetry of the body, stripped of illusion but not of mystery.
This matte archival reproduction preserves the subtle gradations of the original engraving, the fine lines, the empty space around the figure that feels almost reverent. A meditation on form, fragility, and the quiet endurance of structure.
• 12” x 18”
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan
In Charles Dessalines d’Orbigny’s nineteenth-century study of the human skeleton, there is no hint of morbidity, only order. Every bone, every curve, rendered with the same care one might reserve for architecture or music. It is a reminder that anatomy, in the age of Enlightenment, was both science and devotion: a way of mapping the divine symmetry of the body, stripped of illusion but not of mystery.
This matte archival reproduction preserves the subtle gradations of the original engraving, the fine lines, the empty space around the figure that feels almost reverent. A meditation on form, fragility, and the quiet endurance of structure.
• 12” x 18”
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan