Title: Picturing the lame in Italian art from antiquity to the modern era /
Authors: Pestilli, Livio,
Year: 2017
Subjects: Abnormalities, Human, in art.; Art, Italian Themes, motives; Art and society Italy History.; Abnormalities, Human, in art.; Art and society; Art, Italian Themes, motives.; Italy
Abstract: "Far-ranging discussion of a fascinating topic, namely, the visual representation of 'lame' bodies in Italian art from antiquity to the twenty-first-century. More than just an art-historical study, it is a work of penetrating social history, which reads images of the lame within their changing socio-cultural context, with special emphasis given to the reception and viewership of such images."--Publisher's description.