Read the article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ealiest-images-breast-cancer-found-renaissance-paintings-180968325/. In the discussion below, explore the author's comment that: "...Researchers say the [Renaissance] works can help in the larger project of using art to train medical students to look for different diseases and illnesses. In fact, diagnosing conditions in paintings is something of a cottage industry, and some medical schools even offer courses to train students to employ a clinician’s eye to the masterworks (Daly 2018)." In other words, I am asking you to comment on the idea that identifying diseases and illnesses in Renaissance paintings benefits medical students. Why? Why not? I left it open so you can say just about anything you want on the topic. Please give us your opinion. Spend some time thinking about why it might teach students something they won't learn as well doing rounds or in a textbook. I have posted several Renaissance works that some of the medical courses use above and provided links to more below. Choose a few to discuss and do your best to diagnose any diseases or illnesses you see (note that the primary goal of this assignment is not to diagnose but to explore the author's comment above). You can do online research if you would like, but it is not required. Another fascinating article on this topic: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/doctor-will-frame-you-now-mds-diagnose-diseases-two-famous-paintings-180959227/ I have attached some images below, but you can also look at: Woodcut attributed to Albrecht Dürer (1496): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BCrerSyphilis1496.jpgLinks to an external site. The Allegory of Fortitude by Maso da San Friano: https://www.researchgate.net/blog/post/researchers-find-evidence-of-breast-cancer-in-renaissance-paintingsLinks to an external site. "The Night," Michele di Rodolfo del Ghirlandaio: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ealiest-images-breast-cancer-found-renaissance-paintings-180968325/Links to an external site. Giovanni Lanfranco 1620, "St. Luke healing the dropsical child" https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/138/2/e20154594Links to an external site. Or this Slideshare: https://www.slideshare.net/guimera/the-fine-art-of-medical-diagnosisdiagnostic-medical-et-tableau-de-peintre-3Links to an external site.
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Read the article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ealiest-images-breast-cancer-found-renaissance-paintings-180968325/.
In the discussion below, explore the author's comment that:
"...Researchers say the [Renaissance] works can help in the larger project of using art to train medical students to look for different diseases and illnesses. In fact, diagnosing conditions in paintings is something of a cottage industry, and some medical schools even offer courses to train students to employ a clinician’s eye to the masterworks (Daly 2018)."
In other words, I am asking you to comment on the idea that identifying diseases and illnesses in Renaissance paintings benefits medical students. Why? Why not? I left it open so you can say just about anything you want on the topic. Please give us your opinion. Spend some time thinking about why it might teach students something they won't learn as well doing rounds or in a textbook.
I have posted several Renaissance works that some of the medical courses use above and provided links to more below. Choose a few to discuss and do your best to diagnose any diseases or illnesses you see (note that the primary goal of this assignment is not to diagnose but to explore the author's comment above). You can do online research if you would like, but it is not required.
Another fascinating article on this topic: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/doctor-will-frame-you-now-mds-diagnose-diseases-two-famous-paintings-180959227/
I have attached some images below, but you can also look at:
- Woodcut attributed to Albrecht Dürer (1496): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BCrerSyphilis1496.jpgLinks to an external site.
- The Allegory of Fortitude by Maso da San Friano: https://www.researchgate.net/blog/post/researchers-find-evidence-of-breast-cancer-in-renaissance-paintingsLinks to an external site.
- "The Night," Michele di Rodolfo del Ghirlandaio: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ealiest-images-breast-cancer-found-renaissance-paintings-180968325/Links to an external site.
- Giovanni Lanfranco 1620, "St. Luke healing the dropsical child" https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/138/2/e20154594Links to an external site.
- Or this Slideshare: https://www.slideshare.net/guimera/the-fine-art-of-medical-diagnosisdiagnostic-medical-et-tableau-de-peintre-3Links to an external site.
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