Review article

https://doi.org/10.31952/amha.16.1.7

A comparison between Giovan Battista Rini and Paolo Gorini

Dario Piombino-Mascali orcid.org/0000-0001-8277-8745 ; Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italia

Abstract

This short paper aims to explore analogies between the two famous embalmers from Lombardy, Giovan Battista Rini and Paolo Gorini. These extraordinary figures are wellknown due to their petrified specimens and are compared on the basis of preparation typologies, materials employed and the shroud of mystery that characterized their stories.

Keywords

anatomical preparations; petrification; collections

Hrčak ID:

205141

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/205141

Publication date:

15.6.2018.

Article data in other languages: italian

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