Images of leprosy : disease, religion, and politics in European art /

From biblical times to the onset of the Black Death in the fourteenth century, leprosy was considered the worst human affliction, both medically and socially. Only fifty years ago, leprosy, or Hansen's disease, was an incurable infectious illness, and it still remains a grave global concern. Re...

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Main Author: Boeckl, Christine M., 1933- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Kirksville, Mo. : Truman State University Press, ©2011
Kirksville, Mo. : [2011]
Series:Early modern studies series ; 7
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505 0 0 |t Introduction : an ancient disease in European images --  |t Leprosy worldwide and the state of modern research --  |t Historiography of Hansen's disease in Europe --  |t Societal responses to leprosy in Europe --  |t Development of the leprosy iconography --  |t Christ healing a leper in Christological cycles : the political significance of imperial and royal commissions, ca. 800-1200 --   |t Patron saints of leprosy and their images in religious and political contexts, ca. 1200-1800 --  |t Diversity in leprosy subjects : Biblical themes and increasing secularization, ca. 1450-1750 --  |t Conclusions : images of leprosy as a European cultural phenomenon --  |t Appendix A : sources related to leprosy images --  |t Appendix B : the most prominent saints associated with leprosy 
505 0 0 |t Introduction : an ancient disease in European images --  |t Leprosy worldwide and the state of modern research --  |t Historiography of Hansen's disease in Europe --  |t Societal responses to leprosy in Europe --  |t Development of the leprosy iconography --  |t Christ healing a leper in Christological cycles : the political significance of imperial and royal commissions, ca. 800-1200 --  |t Patron saints of leprosy and their images in religious and political contexts, ca. 1200-1800 --  |t Diversity in leprosy subjects : Biblical themes and increasing secularization, ca. 1450-1750 --  |t Conclusions : images of leprosy as a European cultural phenomenon --  |t Appendix A : sources related to leprosy images --  |t Appendix B : the most prominent saints associated with leprosy 
520 |a From biblical times to the onset of the Black Death in the fourteenth century, leprosy was considered the worst human affliction, both medically and socially. Only fifty years ago, leprosy, or Hansen's disease, was an incurable infectious illness, and it still remains a grave global concern. Recently, leprosy has generated attention in scholarly fields from medical science to the visual arts. This interdisciplinary art-historical survey on lepra and its visualization in sculpture, murals, stained glass, and other media provides new information on the history of art, medicine, religion, and European society. Christine M. Boeckl maintains that the various terrifying aspects of the disease dominated the visual narratives of historic and legendary figures stricken with leprosy. For rulers, beggars, saints, and sinners, the metaphor of leprosy becomes the background against which their captivating stories are projected 
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