Pubblicato 2024-11-20
Parole chiave
- the art of observation
Abstract
Iconography is a discipline linked to the history of art that investigates the meaning of images.
Iconodiagnostics, at the intersection of art and medicine, is an interplay between art and science, tracing the chronology of a pathological condition through the aesthetics of disease and making a diagnosis based on a depiction.
By analyzing historical artworks, medical depictions, and even portraits of individuals from the past, iconodiagnostics can help trace the symptoms and progression of endocrine conditions that were not well understood at the time. Moreover, iconodiagnostics allows the reinterpretation of individuals' lives in light of the pathology described.