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Representing Infirmity - Diseased Bodies in Renaissance Italy (Paperback)
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Representing Infirmity - Diseased Bodies in Renaissance Italy (Paperback)
Series: The Body in the City
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This volume is the first in-depth analysis of how infirm bodies
were represented in Italy from c. 1400 to 1650. Through original
contributions and methodologies, it addresses the fundamental yet
undiscussed relationship between images and representations in
medical, religious, and literary texts. Looking beyond the modern
category of 'disease' and viewing infirmity in Galenic humoral
terms, each chapter explores which infirmities were depicted in
visual culture, in what context, why, and when. By exploring the
works of artists such as Caravaggio, Leonardo, and Michelangelo,
this study considers the idealized body altered by diseases,
including leprosy, plague, goitre, and cancer. In doing so, the
relationship between medical treatment and the depiction of
infirmities through miracle cures is also revealed. The broad
chronological approach demonstrates how and why such
representations change, both over time and across different forms
of media. Collectively, the chapters explain how the development of
knowledge of the workings and structure of the body was reflected
in changed ideas and representations of the metaphorical,
allegorical, and symbolic meanings of infirmity and disease. The
interdisciplinary approach makes this study the perfect resource
for both students and specialists of the history of art, medicine
and religion, and social and intellectual history across
Renaissance Europe.
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