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(More customer reviews)Dr. M. Therese Southgate, MD has elevated a business journal to a new level of sophistication as Senior Contributing Editor of the JAMA weekly journal. While most professional journals devote the covers to simply words or abstracts form articles within, JAMA began the practice of using reproductions of fine art on each journal cover some years ago, but when Dr. Southgate took over this responsibility she not only curated the images that were to be used but also began adding a bit of art history in the journal body itself, adding background on the artist and the painting or sculpture depicted on the cover. These combination 'illustrated essays' are wide ranging in the schools of art they represent and Dr. Southgate's quality writing is worthy of any art history journal. For instance, the current journal for February 23, 2011 features Abbott Handerson Thayer's 1898 'Self Portrait' and is accompanied by a full page biography of this relatively unknown artist as written by Janet M. Torphy, MD.
This book then serves as a collection of all of the art on the covers for a year along with the essays and the result is a unique survey for everyone who enjoys art history. The color reproductions are good and the design is excellent. This is a good resource book and thankfully helps restore the 'art' to the art of Medicine! Grady Harp, February 11
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Since 1964, beginning with a reproduction of Jan van Eycke's St Jerome in His Study, the front cover of JAMA:The Journal of the American Medical Association has featured full-color images of renowned works of fine art as well as many lesser-known gems. Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt, and hundreds of other artists have graced the covers of this eminent medical journal.For the past four decades, these images have been selected by JAMA senior contributing editor Dr. M. Therese Southgate, who writes marvelous accompanying essays exploring the background of the artist and the circumstances under which the work was completed, followed by astute commentary on the work itself. These engaging articles have been regularly rated as one of the top-read sections in JAMA by readers throughout the world. In this third volume of The Art of JAMA, Dr. Southgate brings together a new selection of 100 wonderful covers. Each painting is displayed in a two-page spread, with Dr. Southgate's essay on the work on the facing page. The volume includes works by Marc Chagall, Leonardo da Vinci, James Ensor, Paul Gauguin, Frida Kahlo, René Magritte, Édouard Manet, Edvard Munch, Georgia O'Keeffe, Rembrandt van Rijn, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Vincent van Gogh, and many more. And, of course, Dr. Southgate also includes less famous artists, treating readers to the pleasure of unexpected discovery. Lavishly illustrated, exquisitely designed, and printed on high-quality paper, The Art of JAMA is a beautiful book that will be a perfect graduation present from medical school and an excellent gift for physicians, other health care professionals, art historians, and anyone interested in art and medicine.
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