{"product_id":"bess-m-mensendieck","title":"Bess M. MENSENDIECK","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';\"\u003eFunktionelles Frauenturnen Mit 164 Abbildungen Nach Aufnahmen Der Natur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';\"\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eVIII 324, [4] pp.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIllustrated with 164 photographs.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e8vo., 190 x 135 mm, bound in publisher’s linen over boards stamped in blue.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMunchen: F. Bruckmann A.-G., 1923.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';\"\u003eFirst Edition.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eA photographic book on exercise and gymnastics specifically for women by the Dutch American doctor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background: white;\"\u003eBess Mensendieck. Mensendieck’s (1864-1957)\u003c\/span\u003e training as a sculpture piqued her interest in human musculature and posture leading to train as a physician in Switzerland. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDrawing from both disciplines she developed the Mensendieck System of gymnastics which would be taught throughout Europe in the twentieth century.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: #222222; background: white;\"\u003eMensendieck published several books illustrating her system.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHer insistence on the use of nude modeling for her publications (often posing herself) resulted in her books being published in the more permissive Germany.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIn the present book several of the models doff face coverings, presumably to shield their identities, which lend the work an uncanny element of surrealism.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe front cover has a previous owner inscription, else a fine copy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Calab Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51440000500033,"sku":null,"price":575.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/3547\/7825\/files\/web_f98dca80-c477-42c0-8e8f-2990c5d58719.jpg?v=1772553907","url":"https:\/\/www.calabrarebooks.com\/products\/bess-m-mensendieck","provider":"Calab Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}