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OverviewIn this book, Natasha Ruiz-Gómez delves into an extraordinary collection of pathological drawings, photographs, sculptures, and casts created by neurologists at Paris’s Hôpital de la Salpêtrière in the nineteenth century. Led by Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893) and known collectively as the Salpêtrière School, these savants-artistes produced works that demonstrated an engagement with contemporary artistic discourses and the history of art, even as the artists/clinicians professed their dedication to absolute objectivity. During his lifetime, Charcot became internationally famous for his studies of hysteria and hypnosis, establishing himself as a pioneer in modern neurology. However, this book brings to light the often-overlooked contributions of other clinicians, such as Dr. Paul Richer, who created “scientific artworks” that merged scientific objectivity with artistic intervention. Challenging conventional interpretations of visual media in medicine, Ruiz-Gómez analyzes how these images and objects documented symptoms and neuropathology while defying disciplinary categorization. Grounded in extensive archival research, Pathology and Visual Culture targets an international audience of historians and students of art, visual culture, medicine, and the medical humanities. It will also captivate neurologists and anyone interested in fin-de-siècle French history and culture. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Natasha Ruiz-Gómez (University of Essex)Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press Dimensions: Width: 20.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 1.066kg ISBN: 9780271096803ISBN 10: 0271096802 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 09 April 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews“Pathology and Visual Culture is the first study to deeply engage with the range of visual productions of the Salpêtrière School. This welcome book brings much overdue attention to material hardly or not at all mentioned by the many scholars–art historians, visual culture specialists, and historians of science and medicine–who have concentrated on the painted and photographic representations of hysteria directed by Charcot.” —Allison Morehead,author of Nature’s Experiments and the Search for Symbolist Form Author InformationNatasha Ruiz-Gómez is Senior Lecturer in Art History in the School of Philosophical, Historical, and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Essex. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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