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Representing infirmity : diseased bodies in Renaissance Italy

Title
Representing infirmity : diseased bodies in Renaissance Italy / edited by John Henderson, Fredrika Jacobs and Jonathan K. Nelson.
Author
Representing Infirmity: Diseased Bodies in Renaissance and Early Modern Italy (Conference) (2017 : Prato, Italy), author.
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2021.

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Additional Authors
  • Henderson, John, 1949 June 12-
  • Jacobs, Fredrika Herman
  • Nelson, Jonathan K.
Description
xv, 255 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm.
Summary
"This volume is the first in-depth analysis of how infirm bodies were represented in Italy from c.1400-1650. Through original contributions and methodologies, it addresses the fundamental yet undiscussed relationship between images and representations in medical, religious, and literary texts. By exploring the works of artists such as Caravaggio, Leonardo, and Michelangelo, this study considers the idealised body altered by diseases including leprosy, plague, goiter, and cancer. The interdisciplinary approach makes this study the perfect resource for both students and specialists of the history of art, medicine and religion, and social and intellectual history across Renaissance Europe"--
Series Statement
The body in the city
Uniform Title
Body in the city.
Subject
  • Sick in art
  • People with disabilities in art
  • Diseases in art
  • Art and society > Italy > History
  • Art and society
  • Italy
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Approaches to the representation of infirmity. Cancer in Michelangelo's Night / Jonathan K. Nelson -- Institutions and visualising illness. The friar as medico / Diana Bullen Presciutti -- Disease and treatment. Artistic representations of goitre in early modern Italian art / Danielle Carrabino -- Saints and miraculous healing. Infirmity in votive culture / Fredrika Jacobs.
Call Number
JQE 21-670
ISBN
  • 9780367470203
  • 0367470209
  • 9780367470210
  • 0367470217
LCCN
2020024938
OCLC
1158508964
Conference
Representing Infirmity: Diseased Bodies in Renaissance and Early Modern Italy (Conference) (2017 : Prato, Italy), author.
Title
Representing infirmity : diseased bodies in Renaissance Italy / edited by John Henderson, Fredrika Jacobs and Jonathan K. Nelson.
Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2021.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The body in the city
Body in the city.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Henderson, John, 1949 June 12- editor.
Jacobs, Fredrika Herman, editor.
Nelson, Jonathan K., editor.
Research Call Number
JQE 21-670
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