Painting as Medicine in Early Modern Rome

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Author	: Frances Gage
Publisher	: Penn State University Press
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2016
ISBN-10	: 0271071036
ISBN-13	: 9780271071039
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Book Synopsis Painting as Medicine in Early Modern Rome by : Frances Gage

Book excerpt: 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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