Patients as Art: Forty Thousand Years of Medical History in Drawings, Paintings, and Sculpture

by Philip A Mackowiak and Philip A. Mackowiak

Book Overview

Patients as Art explores the capacity of art to provide a unique perspective on the history of humankind. Fearturing over 160 full-color works of art, this book offers a pictorial review of medical history stretching from Paleolithic times to the present, reflecting the ideals and sensibilities of the times in which they were created, and communicating formal, spiritual, and scientific values. Rarely have experts considered the potential clinical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190858214
• ISBN13: 9780190858216
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"