书名：The Smile Stealers:The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry / 偷微笑的人:牙科的精美与肮脏的艺术
定价：198.0
ISBN：9780500519110
作者：Richard Barnett
版次：1
出版时间：2017-01

内容提要：

题 目：The Smile Stealers:The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry / 偷微笑的人:牙科的精美与肮脏的艺术

作 者：Richard Barnett

出 版：Thames & Hudson，2017

装 帧：精装，256页

语 种：英语

尺 寸：16.8*24 cm

 

 

这本令人隐隐作痛、惊掉下巴的书，讲述了全世界、从青铜器时代到今天的牙科小史，以引人注目也多少使人不快的插图呈现出历史上的牙科工具和技术。全书按时间顺序排布，将来自欧美、远东诸重要收藏的插图、绘画与医学史学者Richard Barnett的七篇主题文章有机地结合起来。前者极为精美却也有点儿吓人，后者则权威而又雄辩。作为一部全面回顾牙科发展的书籍，《偷微笑的人》图文并茂，且内容丰富——从第一副假牙（由伊特鲁里亚人在公元前7世纪制出）到18世纪肖像画中的“微笑革命”，以及牙科在法医学中的应用，无所不包。

 

This achingly jawdropping book follows the evolution of dentistry throughout the world from the Bronze Age to the present day, presenting captivating and grim illustrations of the tools and techniques of dentistry through the ages. Organized chronologically, The Smile Stealers interleaves beautiful and gruesome technical illustrations and paintings from the Wellcome Collection’s unique archive of material from Europe, America and the Far East with seven authoritative and eloquent themed articles from medical historian Richard Barnett. A comprehensive review of the development of the trade and discipline of dentistry, it covers topics as diverse as the very first dentures (produced by the Etruscans in the seventh century bce); the smile revolution in 18th-century portraiture; and the role of dentistry in forensic science – all in one beautifully illustrated volume.

 

Extending the cult of the medically macabre begun by its predecessors The Sick Rose and Crucial Interventions, The Smile Stealers is guaranteed to appeal to lovers of the horrific and the beautiful alike as it probes the growth of dentistry – from pulling out bad teeth to reconstructing jaws, and from painful action to pain-free interventions and the pursuit of the perfect smile.