Almost human: why is art so obsessed with lifesize dolls?
From Coppélia and Pygmalion to Mannequin and Buffybot, artists love playing games with lifesize dolls. It's a trail of lust, obsession and beheadingsCoppélia is one of the sillier corners of the ballet repertoire. Franz, a handsome young villager, spies his perfect woman and instantly falls in love, and his fiancee Swanilda flips out. When the "other woman" turns out to be a life-sized doll, everyone has a goo…