The Healing Presence of Art

Author: Richard Cork
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 030017036X

The Healing Presence of Art: A History of Western Art in Hospitals

Fascinated by the astonishingly rich history of art in hospitals, the well-known critic and art historian Richard Cork has written a brilliant account of the subject. Download The Healing Presence of Art: A History of Western Art in Hospitals from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. These works, which include masterpieces of Western art, have been produced from Renaissance Florence and Siena to the 20th century. Piero della Francesca made a painting for a hospital in Sansepolcro, as did Hans Memling in Bruges, Matthias GrAnewald in Isenheim, El Greco in Toledo, Rembrandt in Amsterdam, William Hogarth in London, Vincent van Gogh in Saint-RAmy-de-Provence, and Marc Chagall in Jerusalem.The book's sumptuous images offer a rich range of subjects, from Francisco Goya's dramatic confrontations with suffering to Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's sublime, airborne celebrati Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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