Prometheus and the Liver through Art and Medicine
Prometheus was punished by the supreme god Zeus for giving to mankind the Olympic fire with which they learned to think and feel. He was chained to a cliff in the Caucasus, where, to make matters worse, he was visited daily by an eagle who ate part of his liver. At night, however, his liver grew bac...
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Amsterdam University Press
2023
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| author | van Rosmalen, Julia van Gulik, Merel van Rosmalen, Belle van Gulik, Thomas |
| author_browse | van Gulik, Merel van Gulik, Thomas van Rosmalen, Belle van Rosmalen, Julia |
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| description | Prometheus was punished by the supreme god Zeus for giving to mankind the Olympic fire with which they learned to think and feel. He was chained to a cliff in the Caucasus, where, to make matters worse, he was visited daily by an eagle who ate part of his liver. At night, however, his liver grew back. We now know that the liver can regenerate, but were the ancient Greeks aware of this quality? The myth of Prometheus has been a source of inspiration for many visual artists over the centuries. In this book, the medical history of the liver is traced through the ages through an examination of historical texts on the organ’s functions and properties, parallel to the art movements in which the fascinating iconography of Prometheus is reviewed. The book offers a surprising interplay of art and medicine, placing emphasis on the unique morphology of the liver. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1170252024-03-23T14:58:28Z Prometheus and the Liver through Art and Medicine van Rosmalen, Julia van Gulik, Merel van Rosmalen, Belle van Gulik, Thomas Art & Art History Health Sciences thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJJ Hepatology Prometheus was punished by the supreme god Zeus for giving to mankind the Olympic fire with which they learned to think and feel. He was chained to a cliff in the Caucasus, where, to make matters worse, he was visited daily by an eagle who ate part of his liver. At night, however, his liver grew back. We now know that the liver can regenerate, but were the ancient Greeks aware of this quality? The myth of Prometheus has been a source of inspiration for many visual artists over the centuries. In this book, the medical history of the liver is traced through the ages through an examination of historical texts on the organ’s functions and properties, parallel to the art movements in which the fascinating iconography of Prometheus is reviewed. The book offers a surprising interplay of art and medicine, placing emphasis on the unique morphology of the liver. 2023-10-05T11:20:53Z 2023-10-05T11:20:53Z 2022 book ONIX_20231005_9789048557417_2698 9789048557417 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/117025 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv2rcnqqb Amsterdam University Press 10.2307/j.ctv2rcnqqb 10.2307/j.ctv2rcnqqb de2ecbe7-1037-4e96-8c3a-5a842d921e04 9789048557417 open access |
| spellingShingle | Art & Art History Health Sciences thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJJ Hepatology van Rosmalen, Julia van Gulik, Merel van Rosmalen, Belle van Gulik, Thomas Prometheus and the Liver through Art and Medicine |
| title | Prometheus and the Liver through Art and Medicine |
| title_full | Prometheus and the Liver through Art and Medicine |
| title_fullStr | Prometheus and the Liver through Art and Medicine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prometheus and the Liver through Art and Medicine |
| title_short | Prometheus and the Liver through Art and Medicine |
| title_sort | prometheus and the liver through art and medicine |
| topic | Art & Art History Health Sciences thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJJ Hepatology |
| topic_facet | Art & Art History Health Sciences thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJJ Hepatology |
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