Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Henderson, John, 1949 June 12-
2. Jacobs, Fredrika Herman
3. Nelson, Jonathan K.

Description

1. xv, 255 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm.

Summary

1. "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

1. The body in the city

Uniform title

1. Body in the city.

Subject

1. Sick in art
2. People with disabilities in art
3. Diseases in art
4. Art and society > Italy > History
5. Art and society
6. Italy

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. 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

1. JQE 21-670

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conference

1. Representing Infirmity: Diseased Bodies in Renaissance and Early Modern Italy (Conference) (2017 : Prato, Italy), author.

Title

1. Representing infirmity : diseased bodies in Renaissance Italy / edited by John Henderson, Fredrika Jacobs and Jonathan K. Nelson.

Publisher

1. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2021.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. The body in the city
2. Body in the city.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added author

1. Henderson, John, 1949 June 12- editor.
2. Jacobs, Fredrika Herman, editor.
3. Nelson, Jonathan K., editor.

LCCN

1. 2020024938

ISBN

1. 9780367470203 paperback
2. 0367470209 paperback
3. 9780367470210 hardback
4. 0367470217 hardback

Research call number

1. JQE 21-670