Tag Archives: art history

Picturing Medicine’s History

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Annette Heist

The Art of Medicine: Over 2,000 Years of Images and Imagination by Julie Anderson, Emm Barnes, and Emma Shackleton. (University of Chicago Press, 2012.) Coffee table book alert. Actually I probably wouldn’t put The Art of Medicine on my coffee … Continue reading →

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Health for Sale: Medicine Meets Advertising

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Katherine

As a chemical engineering student in the mid-1950s, Bill Helfand enrolled in an art appreciation course to expand his educational horizons. He was so taken with it that he would skip engineering courses to attend the art class instead, and … Continue reading →

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Cro-Magnon artists then and now

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Lynn Fellman

Making art and music in a Paleolithic cave 40,000 years ago by Lynn Fellman Location, Location, Location One of the most popular pieces of real estate in the Paleolithic has a buried treasure trove of art. It’s the Hohle Fels, … Continue reading →

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The Secrets of Edvard Munch’s Skies

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Laura Pelcher

Timeless art stays relevant and moving as the years pass, but that doesn’t mean the art isn’t also timely in what it reflects culturally or politically from that time. In the case of Edvard Munch. his work will not only … Continue reading →

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