Pathology and Visual Culture - The Scientific Artworks of Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot and the Salpêtrière School

"Examines the extraordinary drawings, photographs, casts, and sculptures produced by Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893) and the Salpãetriáere School that combine medical knowledge and artistic expression"--

About the author

Natasha Ruiz-Gómez is Senior Lecturer in Art History in the School of Philosophical, Historical, and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Essex.

Summary

Examines the extraordinary drawings, photographs, casts, and sculptures produced by Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893) and the Salpêtrière School that combine medical knowledge and artistic expression.

Product details

• Authors: Natasha Ruiz-Gomez, Natasha (University of Essex) Ruiz-Gomez, Natasha Ruiz-Gómez
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.04.2024
• EAN: 9780271096803
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09680-3
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 254 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 1066 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / General, ART / History / General, ART / Subjects & Themes / Human Figure, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, c 1800 to c 1900, History of Art, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Individual artists, art monographs, Human figures depicted in art, Human figures depicted in the arts