03324nam 22004455 450 99648316880331620220729113935.090-485-5741-0(CKB)5680000000060792(DE-B1597)633102(DE-B1597)9789048557417(MiAaPQ)EBC30406582(Au-PeEL)EBL30406582(OCoLC)1336458231(EXLCZ)99568000000006079220220729h20222022 fg engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPrometheus and the Liver through Art and Medicine /Merel Gulik, Julia Rosmalen, Belle Rosmalen, Thomas Gulik1st ed.Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2022]©20221 online resource (208 p.)Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 THE PROMETHEUS MYTH -- 2 THE DEPICTION OF PROMETHEUS IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY -- 3 THE LIVER ACCORDING TO THE ANCIENT GREEKS AND THE ETRUSCANS -- 4 THE HARUSPEX AND HEPATOSCOPY -- 5 PROMETHEUS IN THE MIDDLE AGES -- 6 THE LIVER IN THE THE MIDDLE AGES, ACCORDING TO GALEN -- 7 PROMETHEUS IN THE RENAISSANCE -- 8 THE LIVER IN THE RENAISSANCE AS DESCRIBED BY REISCH, VESALIUS, AND DA VINCI -- 9 PROMETHEUS IN THE BAROQUE -- THE WOUNDS OF CHRIST AND PROMETHEUS – TWO OF A KIND? -- 10 THE LIVER IN THE BAROQUE, ACCORDING TO VAN DEN SPIEGEL, GLISSON, AND BIDLOO -- 11 PROMETHEUS AND MODERNITY -- MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN; OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS -- 12 THE LIVER IN THE ENLIGHTENMENT -- 13 THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY PROMETHEUS -- 14 LIVER SURGERY AND LIVER REGENERATION -- REGENERATION OF THE HYDRA POLYP -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ON THE AUTHORS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEXPrometheus 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.ART / Subjects & Themes / GeneralbisacshPrometheus, myth, art, liver, medicine.ART / Subjects & Themes / General.Rosmalen Julia, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1251878Gulik Merel, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autRosmalen Belle, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK996483168803316Prometheus and the Liver through Art and Medicine2901832UNISA