Abstract
During his long life (1746-1828), Goya had many opportunities to meet patients and physicians. He saw, drew and engraved portraits of all kinds of physicians. He depicted sick persons, injured men and the disabled. He visited hospitals, praising those who tried to relieve suffering; he denounced charlatans and acclaimed the martyrs of science. Obsessed by the mouth and everything it expresses, Goya depicted himself without clemency, as a deaf man and as a patient. The deafness of the painter usually gave his work the characteristics of a nightmare. However, his depiction of medicine was also a metaphor of the struggle against the unhappiness of ordinary people, the arrogance of false scientists, the privileges of the nobility and the tyranny of the Inquisition.
TY - JOUR
T1 - The world of medicine depicted by Francisco de Goya. A tribute to the Goyescas.
A1 - Tainmont,J,
PY - 2008/5/27/pubmed
PY - 2008/6/25/medline
PY - 2008/5/27/entrez
SP - 55
EP - 76
JF - B-ENT
JO - B-ENT
VL - 4
IS - 1
N2 - During his long life (1746-1828), Goya had many opportunities to meet patients and physicians. He saw, drew and engraved portraits of all kinds of physicians. He depicted sick persons, injured men and the disabled. He visited hospitals, praising those who tried to relieve suffering; he denounced charlatans and acclaimed the martyrs of science. Obsessed by the mouth and everything it expresses, Goya depicted himself without clemency, as a deaf man and as a patient. The deafness of the painter usually gave his work the characteristics of a nightmare. However, his depiction of medicine was also a metaphor of the struggle against the unhappiness of ordinary people, the arrogance of false scientists, the privileges of the nobility and the tyranny of the Inquisition.
SN - 1781-782X
UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/18500024/The_world_of_medicine_depicted_by_Francisco_de_Goya__A_tribute_to_the_Goyescas_
DB - PRIME
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -
