Description
Product ID: | 9780367500450 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Interdisciplinary Disability Studies |
Title: | Disability and Art History from Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century |
Authors: | Author: Ann Millett-Gallant, Elizabeth Howie |
Page Count: | 274 |
Subjects: | The arts: general topics, The arts: general issues, Theory of art, History of art, Disability: social aspects, Sociology, Personal and public health / health education, Coping with / advice about physical impairments / disability, Theory of art, History of art / art & design styles, Disability: social aspects, Sociology, Personal & public health, Coping with disability |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This volume analyzes representations of disability in art from antiquity to the twenty-first century, incorporating disability studies scholarship and art historical research and methodology. This volume analyzes representations of disability in art from antiquity to the twenty-first century, incorporating disability studies scholarship and art historical research and methodology. This book brings these two strands together to provide a comprehensive overview of the intersections between these two disciplines. Divided into four parts:
and comprised of 16 chapters focusing on Greek sculpture, ancient Chinese art, Early Italian Renaissance art, the Spanish Golden Age, nineteenth century art in France (Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec) and the US, and contemporary works, it contextualizes understandings of disability historically, as well as in terms of medicine, literature, and visual culture. This book is required reading for scholars and students of disability studies, art history, sociology, medical humanities and media arts. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-09-25 |