Visualizing disease: the art and history of pathological illustrations/ Domenico Bertoloni Meli.

Preface Introduction: Bodies, Diseases, Images Chapter 1. Visualizing Disease in the Early Modern Period Chapter 2: 'Sic nata est anatome pathologica picta': The Diseases of Bones Chapter 3. Preserved Specimens and Comprehensive Treatises Chapter 4. Intermezzo: Identifying Disease in Its Inception Chapter 5. The Nosology of Cutaneous Diseases Chapter 6. Morbid Anatomy in Color Chapter 7. Comprehensive Treatises in Color Concluding Reflections Acknowledgments Illustration Credits List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index.Includes bibliographical references and index.Visual anatomy books have been a staple of medical practice and study since the mid-16th century. But the visual representation of diseased states followed a very different pattern from anatomy, one we are only now beginning to investigate and understand. Domenico Bertoloni Meli explores key questions in this domain, opening a new field of inquiry based on the analysis of a rich body of arresting and intellectually challenging images reproduced here both in black and white and in colour.1 online resource

Guidobaldo del Monte (1545–1607)

Guidobaldo Marquis dal Monte has long been identified as a key figure in the history of the mathematical disciplines in the Renaissance. The contributions brought together in this volume examine all the key aspects of the Marquis dal Monte’s activities, ranging from mechanics and the science of perspective to architecture and geometry. Some of the essays provide intellectual analyses of Guidobaldo’s works, including their significance and reception, others document his activities in the design of mathematical instruments, in civil and military architecture, and in his professional travels and contacts with Galileo. Many of the contributions rely on archival research shedding new light on his activities. As a result, Guidobaldo appears in a new light and as a key figure not only in the Duchy of Urbino, but also on an Italian and European stage