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  • The Beating Heart

    The Art and Science of Our Most Vital Organ

    par Robin Choudhury ...
    An investigation into the human heart by a distinguished cardiologist, exploring representations of the heart and how our understanding of its function has developed over 2,500 years.In The Beating Heart, Robin Choudhury explores how the heart has been represented over time and across cultures. He investigates the interplay between the heart depictions of successive eras and the prevailing ... En savoir plus

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    The Beating Heart

    The Art and Science of Our Most Vital Organ

    par Robin Choudhury ...
    Lu par John Telfer ...

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    Bloomsbury presents The Beating Heart: The Art and Science of Our Most Vital Organ by Robin Choudhury, read by John Telfer.In The Beating Heart, Robin Choudhury explores how the heart has been represented over time and across cultures. He investigates the interplay between the heart depictions of successive eras and the prevailing cultural discourse – religious, social, philosophical – of each. In ... En savoir plus

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  • A Short History of Medicine

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    In this lively, learned, and wholly engrossing volume, F. González-Crussi presents a brief yet authoritative five-hundred-year history of the science, the philosophy, and the controversies of modern medicine. While this illuminating work mainly explores Western medicine over the past five centuries, González-Crussi also describes how modern medicine’s roots extend to both Greco-Roman antiquity and ... En savoir plus

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  • The Agency of Things in Medieval and Early Modern Art

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  • Art in History, 600 BC - 2000 AD: Ideas in Profile

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    Ideas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big TopicsArt has always been part of history. But we often think of it as outside history. When we look at a painting by Raphael, Rembrandt or Rubens it speaks to us directly, but it's also an historical document, part of a living world. Renowned art historian Martin Kemp takes the reader on an extraordinary trip through art, from devotional works to the ... En savoir plus

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