From early times, artists have been involved in the life and work of the physician in a variety of ways. Members of the medical professions have, in their turn, been central in shaping the visual canon of their profession, from the grandiose drama of the corpse anatomy theater to the intricately worked ivory and metal tools of their trade. "The Physician's Art" celebrates the diversity and achievements of such collaborations, looking beyond the traditional boundaries of art to the books and artifacts used by physicians ...
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From early times, artists have been involved in the life and work of the physician in a variety of ways. Members of the medical professions have, in their turn, been central in shaping the visual canon of their profession, from the grandiose drama of the corpse anatomy theater to the intricately worked ivory and metal tools of their trade. "The Physician's Art" celebrates the diversity and achievements of such collaborations, looking beyond the traditional boundaries of art to the books and artifacts used by physicians since the fifteenth century and inviting us to ponder their role and that of medicine in the culture of their time and our own.Published as a companion catalogue to an exhibit of more than one hundred rare and remarkable medical art" objects that was curated by Julie V. Hansen at the Duke University Museum of Art, this richly illustrated book includes an introductory essay by distinguished art historian Martin Kemp. Demonstrating how the practice of medicine and our understanding of disease and the human body have gone hand in hand with the development of techniques in art - combined with such inventions as the camera and the microscope - this book presents works that range from the fifteenth century to the twentieth, from Europe to the Far East and Africa, from detailed medical illustrations to photographs of ivory manikins and an amputation saw.
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VG (museum library blind stamp on ffep. All other pages are clean and clear. ) Black and tan wraps, French flaps, color illustrated and white lettering on front. Tan spine with black lettering, "The Physician's Art presents a perspective on the collaboration of physicians and artists through the centuries. It shows us how the practice of medicine and our understanding of disease and the human body have gone hand in hand with the development of techniques in art, combined with such inventions as the camera and the microscope."--Jacket. Produced on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Duke University Museum of Art, Nov. 4, 1999-Jan. 16, 2000. Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-141).
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