The art of healing: hospital wards and the sick in renaissance Florence

Book synopsis: The volume documents research results of a conference of the subproject "Order of Images". Representation of Strangeness and Poverty in the Art and Visual Culture of Italy (13th-16th Century) »in the Collaborative Research Center 600« Strangeness and Poverty. Transformation of forms of inclusion and exclusion from ancient times to the present "at the University of Trier in collaboration with the Institute of Art History in Florence, Max Planck Institute. Poverty and the care of the poor will provide essential elements of the Italian urban culture of the 13th and 16th centuries. Century. The focus is on images, texts and social practices, which are analyzed for their stress fields and their specific inclusion or exclusionary discourses or effects