Capturing Contagion: Visual Culture and Epidemic Disease since 1750
In light of the current global pandemic, we are assembling essays for a book that considers contagion and epidemics from the perspective of visual culture. Our publication aims to explore visualizations of epidemic diseases, such as sick bodies and invisible pathogens, in the modern era (from the 18th century through today) within the cultural, political, and economic fabric of society. We are interested in determining the extent to which artists employed traditional vocabularies of pain and de…
Ouvrage collectif, avant le 1er juin 2021