Painting As Medicine in Early Modern Rome Giulio Mancini and the Efficacy of Art |
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Author:
| Gage, Frances |
ISBN: | 978-0-271-07103-9 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2016 |
Publisher: | Pennsylvania State University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $112.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.