Painting as Medicine in Early Modern Rome
Giulio Mancini and the Efficacy of Art
(Author) Frances Gage
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Hardcover
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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.
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Publisher:
Pennsylvania State University Press
Format:
Hardcover
Number of pages:
None
Language:
en
ISBN:
9780271071039
Publish year:
2016
Publish date:
June 3, 2016