The art of medicine

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For thousands of years artists have played a special role in the human quest to understand anatomy, health and disease. The Art of Medicine: Over 2000 Years of Medicine in Our Lives, by Dr Emm Barnes, Dr Julie Anderson and Emma Shackleton, celebrates their creativity.  This is a book for anyone interested in the medicine, the human body, visual arts and history.  

art post 2 Using a wealth of previously unseen images from the Wellcome Collection, and   telling the fascinating story of medical understanding worldwide, this book celebrates both medical advance and visual artistry.

he Wellcome Collection is based on the enormous bequest left by pioneering pharmacist Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936). For many years, he travelled the globe, acquiring any kind of art or artefact with a bearing on health and medical treatment

Visit the Wellcome Collection website.

 

For articles about medicine and arts, see:

MASSARANI, Luisa; MOREIRA, Ildeu de Castro  e  ALMEIDA, Carla. Why should science and art engage in dialogue? Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos [online]. 2006, vol.13, suppl., pp. 7-10. ISSN 0104-5970.

TAYLOR, Richard. Personal reflections on Jackson Pollock’s fractal paintings. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos [online]. 2006, vol.13, suppl., pp. 109-123. ISSN 0104-5970.

EDGERTON, Samuel Y.. Brunelleschi’s mirror, Alberti’s window, and Galileo’s ‘perspective tube‘.Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos [online]. 2006, vol.13, suppl., pp. 151-179. ISSN 0104-5970.

 

 

 

 

 

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