Painting as Medicine in Early Modern Rome
by Frances Gage
"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" -- Provided by publisher.
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