| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 438 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction ; The cerebral localization of creativity / George K. York -- Neural concept formation and art : Dante, Michelangelo, Wagner / Semir Zeki -- Art ; The neurology of art : an overview / F. Clifford Rose -- Galen and the artful symmetry of the brain / Julius Rocca -- Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical art and the origin of modern neurology / David A. Steinberg -- The art of Sir Charles Bell / Christopher Gardner-Thorpe -- Normal and pathological gait as inspiration for the artist / Geneviève Aubert -- Epilepsy in pictorial art / Bernt A. Engelsen -- Music ; Brain mapping in musicians / Michael E. Charness & Gottfried Schlaug -- The cerebral localisation of musical perception and musical memory / H. Platel, F. Eustache & J.-C. Baron -- Musical instruments as metaphors in brain science : From René Descartes to John Hughlings Jackson / C.U.M. Smith -- The music of madness : Franklin's armonica and the vulnerable nervous system / Stanley Finger & David A. Gallo -- The Mozart effect / John R. Hughes & John J. Fino -- The amusias / Jason Warren -- Music and the brain : a musicologist's viewpoint / Paul Robertson -- The convulsionary Samuel Johnson and the miaowing of Mozart / Milo Keynes -- Literature ; The influence of Shakespeare on Charcot's neurological teaching / Christopher G. Goetz -- Epilepsy in literature : writers' experiences and their reflection in literary works / Peter Wolf -- The aetiology of Dostoyevsky's epilepsy / Halfdan Kierulf -- Neurology and Sherlock Holmes / E. Wayne Massey -- James Joyce in a clinical context / J.B. Lyons -- Neurology in the Nordic sagas / Ragnar Stien -- The poetry of Henry Head / Christopher Gardner-Thorpe -- Silas Marner, George Eliot and catalepsy / F. Clifford Rose |
| Summary |
This book is the first attempt to provide a basis for the interaction of the brain and nervous system with painting, music and literature. The introduction deals with the problems of creativity and which parts of the brain are involved. Then an overview of art presents multiple facets, such as anatomy and the myths appearing in ancient descriptions of conditions such as polio and migraine. The neurological basis of painters like Goya and van Gogh is analysed. Other chapters in the section on art cover da Vinci's mechanics and the portrayal of epilepsy. The section on music concerns the parts of the brain linked to perception and memory, as well as people who cannot appreciate music, and the effect of music on intelligence and learning (the Mozart effect). The section on literature relates to Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Conan Doyle, James Joyce and the poetry of one of England's most famous neurologists, Henry Head |
| Analysis |
Arts |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references following each chapter and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Medicine in art.
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Medicine in literature.
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Literature and medicine
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Music.
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Neurology.
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Medicine in the Arts
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Medicine in Literature
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Music
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Neurology
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music (discipline)
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Nervous System (incl. Brain)
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MEDICAL -- Neurology.
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Neurology
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Literature and medicine
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Medicine in art
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Medicine in literature
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Music
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rose, F. Clifford (Frank Clifford)
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| ISBN |
1860945910 |
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9781860945915 |
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9781860943683 |
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1860943683 |
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