The healing presence of art : a history of western art in hospitals / Richard Cork.

History of western art in hospitals

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2012], ©2012.

xi, 460 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Salvation in Siena -- Madonna of mercy -- The Harrowing of Hell -- Rescuing the orphans -- Blood of the martyrs -- The burning sickness -- Portraying the patients -- Visions of redemption -- The anatomists knife and regents charity.