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 +[[Image:La main de gloire.JPG|thumb|left|200px|''[[Hand of Glory]]'', anonymous]]
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 +"[[Dismembered]] [[limb]]s, a [[decapitation|severed head]], a [[hand]] cut off at the wrist, as in a fairy tale of [[Wilhelm Hauff|[Wilhelm] Hauff's]], feet which dance by themselves, as in the book by [[Albrecht Schaeffer|[Albrecht] Schaeffer]] which I mentioned above--all these have something peculiarly [[uncanny]] about them, especially when, as in the last instance, they prove capable of [[independent]] activity in addition." --"[[The Uncanny (Sigmund Freud essay)|The Uncanny]]" (1919) by Sigmund Freud
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 +[[Image:Magnum Chaos by Lorenzo Lotto and Giovan Francesco Capoferri.jpg|thumb|right|200px|
 +The eye in ''[[Magnum Chaos]]'' by [[Lorenzo Lotto]]]]
 +[[Image:Venus at the Opera by Grandville.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Venus at the Opera]]'' (1844) by [[Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville|Grandville]] (French, 1803 – 1847)]]
 +[[Image:Nicolas Ledoux.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Théatre de Besançon]], interior view by [[Claude Nicolas Ledoux]] ]]
 +[[Image:Sacred Heart by Pompeo Batoni.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Il Sacro Cuore]]'', [[Church of the Gesù]], [[Rome]] by [[Pompeo Batoni]]]]
 +[[Image:Hand.jpg|thumb|200px|'''''[[Study of Hands]]''''' ([[1715]]) by [[Nicolas de Largillière]]]]
 +[[Image:Salome, c. 1530 - Cranach.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Salome (Cranach)|Salome]]'', c. [[1530]] - [[Cranach]], [[Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest]]]]
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-:[[Dismembered limb]]s, a [[decapitation|severed head]], a [[hand]] cut off at the wrist, as in a fairy tale of [[Wilhelm Hauff|Wilhelm Hauff's]], feet which dance by themselves, as in the book by [[Albrecht Schaeffer|Albrecht Schaeffer]] which I mentioned above--all these have something peculiarly [[uncanny]] about them, especially when, as in the last instance, they prove capable of [[independent]] activity in addition. --''[[The Uncanny (Freud)|The Uncanny]]'' (1919) - [[Sigmund Freud]] 
-== Keywords ==+This page is dedicated to [[body parts]] which are featured independently from the [[human body]] in art, mythology or fiction, as if they had been [[severed]] or [[dismembered]].
-severed, disembodied, dismembered.+
 +Another term is [[disembodied]].
-== List of films ==+== In visual arts ==
 +===Painting===
 +*''[[Study of Truncated Limbs]]'' by Théodore Géricault
 +*''[[Anatomical Pieces]]'' by Théodore Géricault
 +===Sculpture===
 +*''[[L'Ultrameuble]]'' by [[Kurt Seligmann]]
 +===Film===
 +*''[[Repulsion (film)|Repulsion]]'' by Roman Polanski, a woman hallucinates and sees hands reaching through the walls out to grab and attack her.
 +*''[[Darkness/Light/Darkness]]'' by [[Svankmajer]]
 +===Video clip===
 +*[[The Rough Boy]] video clip by [[ZZ Top]]. [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xg5fx_zz-top-rough-boy dailymotion]
 +===Record cover===
 +*''[[The Swingin' Eye!!!!!!!!]]'' cover
 +*''[[Cha Cha Cha (Pedro Garcia and his Del Prado Orchestra album)]]'' cover
 +===Printmaking===
 +*"[[Such Things are or a peep into Kensington Gardens]]"
 +*"[[The Hell of Great Heat]]"
 +*''[[L'Arétin français]]'' frontispiece
 +== By body part==
 +===Head===
 +*''[[Severed Heads (Géricault)|Severed Heads]]'' by Géricault
 +*The [[headlessness]] of [[Denis|Saint Denis]]
 +====Eyes====
 +*[[Eye of Providence]]
 +*''[[The Swingin' Eye!!!!!!!!]]'' cover
 +*[[Illustration by François Chifflart (1825–1901) for La Conscience (by Victor Hugo)]]
 +*[[Dream of Crime and Punishment]] by Grandville
 +*''[[Venus at the Opera]]'', 1844, [[Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville|Grandville]]
 +*The eye in ''[[Magnum Chaos]]'' by Lorenzo Lotto
-*Arms+===Hands===
-**Body Parts (1991)+*''[[Study of Hands]]'' (1715) is a painting by French artist [[Nicolas de Largillière]].
-**Dr. Strangelove (1964) - While not physically independent, Dr. Strangelove's right arm has a mind of its own, and actually attempts to strangle him.+*''[[Hand of Glory]]'', [[horror trope]]
 +===Torso===
 +*''[[The Rape]]'' by Magritte
-*Brains+===Legs===
-**Brain Damage (1988)+*''[[Study of Truncated Limbs]]'' by Théodore Géricault
-**The Brain from Planet Arous (1957)+*''[[Anatomical Pieces]]'' by Théodore Géricault
-**Donovan's Brain (1953)+*''[[L'Ultrameuble]]'' by [[Kurt Seligmann]]
-**Hubert's Brain (2001)+*[[The Rough Boy]] video clip by [[ZZ Top]].
-**The Man with Two Brains (1983)+*''[[The Swingin' Eye!!!!!!!!]]'' cover
-**They Saved Hitler's Brain (1968)+*''[[Fox Follies]]'' photo
-*Breasts+===Genitalia===
-**Attack of the Hungry Hungry Nipples (1997)+:''[[Metamorphic Genitalia and Fantastical Sexual Images]]''
-**Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972)+*[[Testa di cazzi]] by [[Francisco Urbini]]
 +*[[The Old Harlot's Dream]] by [[Thomas Rowlandson]]
 +*[[Such Things are or a peep into Kensington Gardens]]'' by Thomas Rowlandson
 +*[[Un priape marchant sur des pattes de coq]] by Pierre-François Hugues d'Hancarville
 +*[[The Hell of Great Heat]] by by Japanese artist Kunisada or Toyokuni
 +*[[Le Phallus phénoménal]] by Dominique Vivant
 +*[[L'Arétin français]] frontispiece by François-Rolland Elluin after drawings by Antoine Borel
 +====Real life====
 +*[[Rasputin's penis]]
-*Eyes+===Heart===
-**The Killer Eye (1999)+*[[Il Sacro Cuore]] by Pompeo Batoni
-**The Trollenberg Terror (1958) a.k.a. "The Crawling Eye"+== See also ==
 +*[[Talking body part]]s
 +*[[Human body]]
 +*[[Human furniture]]
 +*[[List of films about independent body parts]]
 +*[[The Belly and the Other Members]]
 +*[[Belly face]]
-*Hands 
-**The Addams Family (1991) "Thing", family pet hand 
-**The Beast with Five Fingers (1947) 
-**The Crawling Hand (1963) 
-**Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) 
-**Demonoid (1981) 
-**Evil Dead 2 (1987) 
-**Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) 
-**The Hand (1981) directed by Oliver Stone 
-**Idle Hands (1999) 
-**The Hands of Orlac (1961) 
-**Mad Love (1935) a.k.a. The Hands of Orlac 
-**La Main du diable (The Devil's Hand) (1942) 
-**Quicksilver Highway(The Body politic) (1997) 
-**Thumb Wars (1999) 
-**Waxwork (1988) 
-**Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992) 
-**Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) a.k.a. A Nightmare on Elm Street 7 
-*Heads 
-**The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) 
-**The Doom Generation (1995) 
-**8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997) 
-**The Evil Dead (1981) 
-**Evil Dead 2 (1987) 
-**How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) 
-**Mars Attacks! (1996) 
-**Re-Animator (1985) 
-**The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958) 
- +==See also==
-*Teeth+* [[Anatomy]]
-**Quicksilver Highway (1997)-Chattery Teeth+* [[Anatomical terms of location]]
- +* [[Blason]]
-*Tongues+* [[Body function]]
-**La Lengua asesina (The Killer Tongue) (1996)+* [[Body orifice]]
- +* [[Body politics]]
- +* [[Human body]]
-== See ==+* [[Macroevolution]]
- +* [[Symmetry (biology)]]
-[[List of films about possessed or sentient inanimate objects]]+{{GFDL}}

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"Dismembered limbs, a severed head, a hand cut off at the wrist, as in a fairy tale of [Wilhelm] Hauff's, feet which dance by themselves, as in the book by [Albrecht] Schaeffer which I mentioned above--all these have something peculiarly uncanny about them, especially when, as in the last instance, they prove capable of independent activity in addition." --"The Uncanny" (1919) by Sigmund Freud

Venus at the Opera (1844) by Grandville (French, 1803 – 1847)
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Venus at the Opera (1844) by Grandville (French, 1803 – 1847)

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This page is dedicated to body parts which are featured independently from the human body in art, mythology or fiction, as if they had been severed or dismembered.

Another term is disembodied.

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In visual arts

Painting

Sculpture

Film

Video clip

Record cover

Printmaking

By body part

Head

Eyes

Hands

Torso

Legs

Genitalia

Metamorphic Genitalia and Fantastical Sexual Images

Real life

Heart

See also


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