Painting as medicine in early modern Rome : Giulio Mancini and the efficacy of art

"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 b...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Gage, Frances (مؤلف, VerfasserIn)
التنسيق: كتاب
اللغة:English
منشور في: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press , [2016]
الموضوعات:
Rom
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:Inhaltsverzeichnis
مواد ذات صلة:Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Frances Gage, Painting as medicine in early modern Rome. Giulio Mancini and the efficacy of art]
ملاحظات المؤلف:Frances Gage
الوصف
الملخص:"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
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
وصف المادة:Includes bibliographical references and index
وصف مادي:xiv, 228 Seiten Illustrationen
ردمك:9780271071039