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The healing presence of art : a history of western art in hospitals / Richard Cork.

By: Publication details: New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, c2012.Description: xi, 460 p. : ill. (some col.), photographs cmISBN:
  • 9780300170368 (cloth : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • History of western art in hospitals
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 725/.51 23
LOC classification:
  • RA967 .C617 2012
Contents:
Introduction -- Salvation in Siena -- Madonna of mercy -- The Harrowing of Hell -- Rescuing the orphans -- Blood of the martyrs -- The burning sickness -- Portraying the patients -- Visions of redemption -- The anatomists knife and regents charity.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 434-451) and index.

Introduction -- Salvation in Siena -- Madonna of mercy -- The Harrowing of Hell -- Rescuing the orphans -- Blood of the martyrs -- The burning sickness -- Portraying the patients -- Visions of redemption -- The anatomists knife and regents charity.

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