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Books relating to Medicine in Visual Culture
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Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine by
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine not only surveys the rise of medicine in the West from earliest times to the present day, but also glimpses into the future. Written with exemplary scholarship, with many illustrations from art and science, this volume will be of use in interdisciplinary study of art and medicine.
Call Number: SCIENCE R131 .C232 2001
Five Hundred Years of Medicine in Art: An Illustrated Catalogue of Prints and Drawings by
"The Clements C. Fry Collection is among most comprehensive collections of art related to the history of medicine. The collection surveys the general, non-didactic historical iconography of medicine and health care. Examples of medical satire number 1,000. Doctors visiting their patients, satires of therapeutic fads, polemics on vaccination, temperance propaganda, anatomy in art, childbirth scenes, hospital facades, and images of disease are among the scores of subjects significantly represented. Mental illness is included, including representations of patients, psychiatric institutions, and therapeutic practice."
Call Number: ART N8223 .H355 2001ISBN: 0859679926Publication Date: Ashgate, 2001
Leonardo da Vinci - Anatomist by
Leonardo da Vinci was a pioneer in the study of human anatomy and one of the greatest draftsmen ever to have lived. He dissected around thirty human corpses, exploring every aspect of anatomy and physiology, and recording his findings and speculations on the pages of his notebooks.
Call Number: ART NC257.L4 A4 2012ISBN: 9781905686391
Medical Visions by
How do visual images shape the practice of medicine? What role does visual representation play in the cultivation of medical ways of seeing? How might the history of medical imaging technologies help us understand the future of medical media? How has medicine's visual culture changed in the digital age? Kirsten Ostherr's ambitious book explores 120 years of medical image-making to explain how visual representations shape medical education and practice.
Call Number: SCIENCE TR893 .O88 2013ISBN: 9780199737246
Medicine in Art by
This abundantly illustrated volume offers an exploration of the depictions of illness and healing in Western artworks that range from Egyptian wall carvings to medieval manuscripts, and from paintings and sculpture by the great masters of the Renaissance such as Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci to twentieth-century artists such as Matisse and Magritte. Psychological anguish--as represented in The Expulsion of Adam and Eve by Masaccio and Munch's The Scream--is treated along with the physical manifestations of pain.
Call Number: ART N8223 .B6713 2010ISBN: 9781606060445
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