New Zealand Art at Te Papa

New Zealand Art at Te Papa

Author: Mark Stocker

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780994146038

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Te Papa holds New Zealands national art collection, whose origins date back to 1865 and the establishment of the then Colonial Museum (later the Dominion and then the National Museum). Built up over the years by a succession of directors and curators, the collections 40,000 works track New Zealand history and the art movements within it. In this generous book, Te Papas curators and a wide range of other expert art writers showcase the strengths of the New Zealand art collection by discussing around 270 works. From very early colonial work through to recent acquisitions, and including photography, their essays offer insights into the art, the artists and the context and issues that drove them. The book is complemented by biographies of all the featured artists, making it a valuable resource.


Pathology and Visual Culture

Pathology and Visual Culture

Author: Natasha Ruiz-Gómez

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2024-05-01

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0271098201

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In this book, Natasha Ruiz-Gómez delves into an extraordinary collection of pathological drawings, photographs, sculptures, and casts created by neurologists at Paris’s Hôpital de la Salpêtrière in the nineteenth century. Led by Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893) and known collectively as the Salpêtrière School, these savants-artistes produced works that demonstrated an engagement with contemporary artistic discourses and the history of art, even as the artists/clinicians professed their dedication to absolute objectivity. During his lifetime, Charcot became internationally famous for his studies of hysteria and hypnosis, establishing himself as a pioneer in modern neurology. However, this book brings to light the often-overlooked contributions of other clinicians, such as Dr. Paul Richer, who created “scientific artworks” that merged scientific objectivity with artistic intervention. Challenging conventional interpretations of visual media in medicine, Ruiz-Gómez analyzes how these images and objects documented symptoms and neuropathology while defying disciplinary categorization. Grounded in extensive archival research, Pathology and Visual Culture targets an international audience of historians and students of art, visual culture, medicine, and the medical humanities. It will also captivate neurologists and anyone interested in fin-de-siècle French history and culture.


Deep from within

Deep from within

Author: Alfred Fáyęmí Olúșégun

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2024-09-05

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 9789212461

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Deep From Within chronicles the life of Alfred Olúsegun Fáyemi from his early years at Ìfàkì Èkiti and Abeokúta Nigeria, through to his ninth decade. He attended Igbobi College, Yábàá and Abeokúta Grammar School, the latter for the Cambridge Higher School Certificate course. He studied Medicine at the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel and graduated with an MSc (Pathology) and MD degrees. He served as an intern and senior house officer at the University College Hospital, Ibàdàn, Nigeria followed by a Pathology residency at the Mount Sinal Hospital and Medical Center, New York. He is Board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and he is a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists. He practiced as a pathologist and later, for decades, as the director of pathology and laboratories of hospital systems in New Jersey and New York. He also served as an Associate Clinical Professor of Pathology and Professorial Lecturer at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, Visiting Professor of Pathology at the College of Medicine, Obáfémi Awólówo University, Ilé Ife, Nigeria, Èkitì State University College of Medicine and Afe Babalolá University College of Medicine, Adó Ekiti, Nigeria. An accomplished and renowned documentary photographer of the African continent with an extensive history of exhibitions in the United States and Nigeria, he is the author of three outstanding and celebrated books of photographs


Hidden Beauty

Hidden Beauty

Author: Norman Barker

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764344121

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"The appreciation of the imagery produced by disease is bittersweet; we simultaneously experience the beauty of the natural world and the pain of those living with these disease processes. Ultimately, this series of images from more than sixty medical science professionals will leave the viewer with an understanding and appreciation of visual beauty inherent within the field."--Jacket.


Post-specimen Encounters Between Art, Science and Curating

Post-specimen Encounters Between Art, Science and Curating

Author: Edward Juler

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781789383126

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Examines how scientific objects in museums and other collections act as inspiration to contemporary art practice, its histories, curating and aesthetics. Cross-disciplinary essays from leading arts professionals explore how scientific encounters in museums provoke new modes of creative thinking about art, science and curating. 84 col. illus.


The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art

The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art

Author: Joan M. Marter

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 3140

ISBN-13: 0195335791

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Arranged in alphabetical order, these 5 volumes encompass the history of the cultural development of America with over 2300 entries.


The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

Author: Corinne May Botz

Publisher: The Monacelli Press, LLC

Published: 2004-09-28

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1580931456

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The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death offers readers an extraordinary glimpse into the mind of a master criminal investigator. Frances Glessner Lee, a wealthy grandmother, founded the Department of Legal Medicine at Harvard in 1936 and was later appointed captain in the New Hampshire police. In the 1940s and 1950s she built dollhouse crime scenes based on real cases in order to train detectives to assess visual evidence. Still used in forensic training today, the eighteen Nutshell dioramas, on a scale of 1:12, display an astounding level of detail: pencils write, window shades move, whistles blow, and clues to the crimes are revealed to those who study the scenes carefully. Corinne May Botz's lush color photographs lure viewers into every crevice of Frances Lee's models and breathe life into these deadly miniatures, which present the dark side of domestic life, unveiling tales of prostitution, alcoholism, and adultery. The accompanying line drawings, specially prepared for this volume, highlight the noteworthy forensic evidence in each case. Botz's introductory essay, which draws on archival research and interviews with Lee's family and police colleagues, presents a captivating portrait of Lee.