The Healing Presence of Art

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

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Publisher's Synopsis

From the early Renaissance through to the modern period, artists have made immensely powerful work in hospitals across the western world. This title reveals art's prodigious ability to humanize our hospitals, alleviate their clinical bleakness and leave a profound, lasting impression on patients, staff and visitors.

Book information

ISBN: 9780300170368
Publisher: Yale University Press
Imprint: Yale University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 725.51
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 460
Weight: 2432g
Height: 251mm
Width: 287mm
Spine width: 34mm