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Painting as Medicine in Early Modern Rome: Giulio Mancini and the Efficacy of Art

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Painting as Medicine in Early Modern Rome: Giulio Mancini and the Efficacy of Art - Gage, Frances
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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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Painting as Medicine in Early Modern Rome: Giulio Mancini and the Efficacy of Art 2016, Penn State University Press, University Park, PA

ISBN-13: 9780271071039

Hardcover