Lanterna Rally

Author: F Clifford Rose

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2004-04-21

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 1783260939

This book is the first attempt to provide a basis for the interaction of the brain and nervous system with painting, music and literature. The introduction deals with the problems of creativity and which parts of the brain are involved. Then an overview of art presents the multiple facets, such as anatomy, and the myths appearing in ancient descriptions of conditions such as polio and migraine. The neurological basis of painters like Goya and van Gogh is analysed. Other chapters in the section on art cover da Vinci's mechanics and the portrayal of epilepsy. The section on music concerns the parts of the brain linked to perception and memory, as well as people who cannot appreciate music, and the effect of music on intelligence and learning (the Mozart effect). The section on literature relates to Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Conan Doyle, James Joyce and the poetry of one of England's most famous neurologists, Henry Head. Sample Chapter(s) Chapter 1: The Cerebral Localization of Creativity (92 KB) Chapter 5: Leonardo da Vinci's Mechanical Art and the Origin of Modern Neurology (83 KB) Contents:Introduction:The Cerebral Localization of Creativity (G K York)Neural Concept Formation and Art: Dante, Michelangelo, Wagner (S Zeki)Art:The Neurology of Art: An Overview (F Clifford Rose)Galen and the Artful Symmetry of the Brain (J Rocca)Leonardo da Vinci's Mechanical Art and the Origin of Modern Neurology (D Steinberg)The Art of Sir Charles Bell (C Gardner-Thorpe)Normal and Pathological Gait as Inspiration for the Artist (G Aubert)Epilepsy in Pictorial Art (B A Engelsen)Music:Brain Mapping in Musicians (M E Charness & G Schlaug)The Cerebral Localisation of Musical Perception and Musical Memory (H Platel et al.)Musical Instruments as Metaphors in Brain Science: From René Descartes to John Hughlings Jackson (C U M Smith)The Music of Madness: Franklin's Armonica and the Vulnerable Nervous System (S Finger & D A Gallo)The Mozart Effect (J R Hughes & J J Fino)The Amusias (J Warren)Music and the Brain: A Musicologist's Viewpoint (P Robertson)The Convulsionary Samuel Johnson and the Miaowing of Mozart (M Keynes)Literature:The Influence of Shakespeare on Charcot's Neurological Teaching (C G Goetz)Epilepsy in Literature: Writers' Experiences and Their Reflections in Literary Works (P Wolf)The Aetiology of Dostoyevsky's Epilepsy (H Kierulf)Neurology and Sherlock Holmes (E W Massey)James Joyce in a Clinical Context (J B Lyons)Neurology in the Nordic Sagas (R Stien)The Poetry of Henry Head (C Gardner-Thorpe)Silas Marner, George Eliot and Catalepsy (F Clifford Rose) Readership: Laypeople interested in painting, music and literature; doctors and neurologists. Keywords:Art;Music;Literature;Brain;Nervous System;Creativity;MythReviews:“This is an unusual and often amusing book … This volume not only is less ephemeral but also provides some lasting tibits of information on the interrelation between the neurosciences and the arts.”Neuromuscular Disorders “… the chapter by Semir Zeki truly is a thoughtful and provocative analysis of the relationship between art and neurology.”Journal of Neurology “Besides the giddying questions just discussed about the basis of creativity and the aesthetic response, these connections include the neurological disorders of artists, representations of these disorders in art, the inspiration of medical work by artistic example and vice versa. All these and more are touched upon in this entertaining collection of essays.”Brain