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Author:

Gage, Frances, 1965- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015129004

Title:

Painting as medicine in early modern Rome : Giulio Mancini and the efficacy of art / Frances Gage.

Publisher:

The Pennsylvania State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xiv, 228 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm

Subject:

Mancini, Giulio,--1558-1630.
Art--History--Rome--Rome--History--16th century.
Art--History--Rome--Rome--History--17th century.
Art--History--Rome--Rome--History--16th century.
Art--History--Rome--Rome--History--17th century.
Art and society--Rome--Rome--History--16th century.
Art and society--Rome--Rome--History--17th century.
Christian art and symbolism--Rome--Rome--Modern period, 1500-
Painting, Renaissance--Rome.--Rome.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

0271071036
9780271071039

OCLC:

(OCoLC)922970719

LCCN:

2015034418

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)