Painting as medicine in early modern Rome : Giulio Mancini and the efficacy of art / Frances Gage.
- Gage, Frances, 1965-
- Date:
- [2016]
- Books
About this work
Description
"Through a study of the writings of the papal physician and art critic Giulio Mancini, explores early modern art collecting in Italy. Argues that art within domestic contexts was understood to create healthy bodies, minds, and societies through the mechanism of the imagination"--Provided by publisher.
Publication/Creation
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]
Physical description
xiv, 228 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ;
Contributors
Contents
Art, medical culture, and Mancini's critical fortune -- Illness, health preservation, and recreation -- From exercise to repose -- For beautiful, healthy children -- Preserving the civic body.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-209) and index.
Languages
Subjects
- ArtCollectors and collectingItalyRomeHistory16th century
- ArtCollectors and collectingItalyRomeHistory17th century
- ArtHealth aspectsItalyRomeHistory16th century
- ArtHealth aspectsItalyRomeHistory17th century
- Art and societyItalyRomeHistory16th century
- Art and societyItalyRomeHistory17th century
- Christian art and symbolismItalyRomeModern period, 1500-
- Painting, RenaissanceItalyRome.
- Mancini, Giulio, 1558-1630.
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineCVA.AL.341Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780271071039 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0271071036 (cloth : alk. paper)