Richard Barnett: The Sick Rose, Halbleinen
The Sick Rose
- Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration
- Publisher:
- Thames & Hudson, 05/2014
- Binding:
- Halbleinen, ,
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780500517345
- Item number:
- 4042777
- Volume:
- 253 Pages
- other:
- 354 illustrations, 345 in colour
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 2014
- Weight:
- 979 g
- Format:
- 249 x 182 mm
- Thickness:
- 35 mm
- Release date:
- 12.5.2014
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
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Short description
Presents a visual tour through disease in an age before colour photography. This volume combines detailed illustrations of afflicted patients from some of the worlds rarest medical books, that forms a profoundly human reminder of mankinds struggle with disease. It features historic maps, pioneering charts and contemporary case notes.
Blurb
The Sick Rose is a beautifully gruesome and strangely fascinating visual tour through disease in an age before colour photography. This stunning volume, combining detailed illustrations of afflicted patients from some of the world's rarest medical books, forms an unforgettable and profoundly human reminder of mankind's struggle with disease. Incorporating historic maps, pioneering charts and contemporary case notes, Richard Barnett's evocative overview reveals the fears and obsessions of an era gripped by epidemics.
