Bronzino. Renaissance Painter as Poet

The Pathologist as Poet

The role of the humanities (eg, philosophy, bioethics, literature, music, theater, religion, anthropology) in medical education has been argued long and hard for decades. It is argued that the study of subjects included in the humanities can enhance critical thinking skills, foster a deeper level of learning and understanding, and help to enhance one's level of compassion, empathy, and moral/et...

Occupational Exposure as a Painter

Paint is a suspension of finely divided pigment particles in a liquid composed of a binder (resin), a volatile solvent or water, and additives that impart special characteristics. The volatile components evaporate from the drying film after application, while the binder holds the pigment in the dry film, causing it to adhere to the substrate. Some high quality, hard gloss paints are referred to...

Occupational Exposure as a Painter –43– Occupational Exposure as a Painter

Science as ground of the Renaissance artists.

Surprisingly, at the beginning of the 15 century a new way of painting suddenly began. Differently from the elegant and graceful gothic style characterized by figures of dignified beauty living within unreal scenarios rich of precious decorations often of pure gold, the scenes became full of passion, of pain, of sentiments, full of life and suffused in the light of a real landscape that emphasi...

Maps as Educational Tools in the Renaissance

Maps were part of both formal and informal education in early modern Europe, although they performed different functions and had a different status in each setting. While the more institutional curricula of grammar schools and universities treated geography as more important, with maps seen as useful only for their illustrative properties, informal market-driven and patronage-supported educatio...