Disability and Art History from Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century

<p>This volume analyzes representations of disability in art from antiquity to the twenty-first century incorporating disability studies scholarship and art historical research and methodology.</p><p>This book brings these two strands together to provide a comprehensive overview of the intersections between these two disciplines. Divided into four parts:</p><ul> <li>Ancient History through the 17th Century: Gods Dwarfs and Warriors</li> <li>17th-Century Spain to the American Civil War: Misfits Wounded Bodies and Medical Specimens </li> <li>Modernism Metaphor and Corporeality</li> <li>Contemporary Art: Crips Care and Portraiture</li> </ul><p>and comprised of 16 chapters focusing on Greek sculpture ancient Chinese art Early Italian Renaissance art the Spanish Golden Age nineteenth century art in France (Manet Toulouse-Lautrec) and the US and contemporary works it contextualizes understandings of disability historically as well as in terms of medicine literature and visual culture. </p><p>This book is required reading for scholars and students of disability studies art history sociology medical humanities and media arts.</p>