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Transparent Man - Splurge Compilation

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Man as a Prime Example of Technical Perfection - Gläserne Mensch (Glass Man) created by Franz and Fritz Tschakert for exhibition at the Second International Hygiene Exhibition in Dresden in 1930. Glass Man was lauded as an extraordinary invention by both experts and the international press. The transparent, electrically illuminated model with its clear view of the skeleton and internal organs, along with a gramophone voice explaining how they work, became a hit wherever it went.

The branding of Glass Man as a ‘prime example of technical perfection’... was informed by an overall understanding of the human body as a hierarchically organized factory within which the smooth functioning of organs and circulatory flows was the prerequisite for health, which is to say, productivity. - West 86th

Photo above: ‘Gläserne Mensch’ two is admired while still in his crate at the 1939 New York World’s Fair at which he was called ‘The Transparent Man’. Below photo: The original Gläserne Mensch as seen at the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden Germany, 1934. (image via LeMO)