{"product_id":"painting-as-medicine-in-early-frances-gage-9780271071039","title":"Painting as Medicine in Early Modern Rome: Giulio Mancini and the Efficacy of Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePainting as Medicine in Early Modern Rome\u003c\/i\u003e, Frances Gage undertakes an in-depth study of the writings of the physician and art critic Giulio Mancini. Using Mancini's unpublished treatises as well as contemporary documents, Gage demonstrates that in the early modern world, belief in the transformational power of images was not limited to cult images, as has often been assumed, but applied to secular ones as well. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis important new interpretation of the value of images and the motivations underlying the rise of private art collections in the early modern period challenges purely economic or status-based explanations. Gage demonstrates that paintings were understood to have profound effects on the minds, imaginations, and bodies of viewers. Indeed, paintings were believed to affect the health and emotional balance of beholders--extending even to the look and disposition of their offspring--and to compel them to behave according to civic and moral values. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn using medical discourse as an analytical tool to help elucidate the meaning that collectors and viewers attributed to specific genres of painting, Gage shows that images truly informed actions, shaping everyday rituals from reproductive practices to exercise. In doing so, she concludes that sharp distinctions between an artwork's aesthetic value and its utility did not apply in the early modern period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frances Gage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271071036\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271071039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 8.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2016","brand":"Frances Gage","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075993268479,"sku":"9780271071039","price":112.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c54f66df-02fc-4ada-831d-65ae41cda187.jpg?v=1685462584","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/painting-as-medicine-in-early-frances-gage-9780271071039","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}