The healing presence of art : a history of western art in hospitals /
History of western art in hospitals
Richard Cork.
- New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, c2012.
- xi, 460 p. : ill. (some col.), photographs cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 434-451) and index.
Introduction -- Salvation in Siena -- Madonna of mercy -- The Harrowing of Hell -- Rescuing the orphans -- Blood of the martyrs -- The burning sickness -- Portraying the patients -- Visions of redemption -- The anatomists knife and regents charity.
9780300170368 (cloth : alk. paper)
2011042293
Art in hospitals--History. Hospital buildings--Decoration--History.