The Fine Arts, Neurology, and Neuroscience : Neuro-Historical Dimensions (Hardcover)

Part 1. Early Artistic Contributions to the Neurosciences

1. Vesalius and the Emergence of Veridical Representation in Renaissance Anatomy

Gul A. Russell

2. Medieval and Renaissance Anatomists: The Printing and Unauthorized Copying of Illustrations, and the Dissemination of Ideas

Douglas J. Lanska and John Robert Lanska

3. Anna Morandi’s Self-Portrayal in Wax with Brain

Rebecca Messbarger

4. David Ferrier: Brain Drawings and Brain Maps

J. Wayne Lazar

5. Neura, Nerves, Nerve Fibers, Neurofibrils, Microtubules: Multidimensional Routes of Pain, Pleasure and Voluntary Action in Images Across the Ages

Eugenio Frixione

Part 2. Neuroscientists with Artistic Talents and Artists on the Neurosciences

6. John Bell (1763-1820): Brother Artist and Anatomist

Christopher Gardner-Thorpe

7. Jean-Martin Charcot and Art: Relationship of the "Founder of Neurology" with Various Aspects of Art

Julien Bogousslavsky and Francois Boller

8. Cajal and the Discovery of a New Artistic World: The Neuronal Forest

Javier DeFelipe

Part 3. Some Great Artists and their Neurological Disorders

9. The Lead-Poisoned Genius: Saturnism in Famous Artists Across Five centuries Julio Montes-Santiago