Life from Within
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5116854 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tanja Klemm (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 133 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 110-129 |
| Publication date | 2016-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Representations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-6018 • E-ISSN: 1533-855X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rep.2016.133.1.110 |
| OpenAlex | W2340124685 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In his medical treatise De vita (1498), Marsilio Ficino describes the force of medical talismans and their efficacy on humans against the background of a cosmological physiology. This article focuses on the question of how-according to Ficino-the powers of medical talismans were experienced by humans, by the living, sensible body (corpus animatum). Discussion of this question also leads to theoretical considerations about the efficacy of artifacts in the Renaissance
Art · Art history · Literature · The Renaissance · Classics · History · History of Medicine Studies · History of Science and Medicine · Medicine · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |