The healing presence of art
Subtitle: a history of western art in hospitals
By: Richard Cork
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Haven [Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780300170368
Subjects: Decoration; Art in hospitals; History; Hospital buildings
Other titles: History of western art in hospitals
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Salvation in Siena; title: Madonna of mercy; title: The Harrowing of Hell; title: Rescuing the orphans; title: Blood of the martyrs; title: The burning sickness; title: Portraying the patients; title: Visions of redemption; title: The anatomists knife and regents charity.