This is the latest volume in the acclaimed series that depicts medicine as depicted in art throughout history. This sumptuously illustrated volume offers a visual history of the depiction of illness and healing in Western culture, ranging from Egyptian wall carvings to medieval manuscripts and from paintings and sculpture by the great masters of the Renaissance to 20thC artists such as Matisse & Magritte. Thematic chapters cover the examination of patients and their maladies; healing and medical treatments; and the sufferings and hopes of patients awaiting cure and recovery. Psychological anguish, represented by Masaccio's "The Expulsion of Adam and Eve", and Munch's "The Scream", are also treated along with more obvious physical manifestations.

About the Author
Giorgio Bordin is a physician and the director of the Sanitario dell'Ospedale Piccole Figlie in Parma, Italy. Laura Polo D'Ambrosio is an art historian.

Reviews
-A visual delight. . . . Get hold of a copy of Medicine in Art and look, learn, and enjoy.---Journal of the American Medical Association "A visual delight. . . . Get hold of a copy of Medicine in Art and look, learn, and enjoy."--Journal of the American Medical Association A visual delight. . . . Get hold of a copy of Medicine in Art and look, learn, and enjoy. Journal of the American Medical Association " A visual delight. . . . Get hold of a copy of "Medicine in Art "and look, learn, and enjoy. "Journal of the American Medical Association" """ "A visual delight. . . . Get hold of a copy of "Medicine in Art "and look, learn, and enjoy."--"Journal of the American Medical Association" ""



Book Information
ISBN 9781606060445
Author . Bordin
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint J. Paul Getty Museum
Publisher Getty Trust Publications
Weight(grams) 700g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 136mm * 22mm