Medicine in Art
- ISBN-10
- 1606060449
- ISBN-13
- 9781606060445
- Category
- Diseases
- Pages
- 383
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Getty Publications
- Authors
- Laura Polo D'Ambrosio, . Bordin
Description
Fully illustrated with hundreds of artworks, this guide explores depictions of illness and healing in Western art.
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