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Bruegel’s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus.
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Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal . 2024, Vol. 20 Issue 3, p68-71. 4p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Ovid’s Metamorphoses tells the story of Icarus-his tragic flight with man-made wings, the melting of the wax that bound them, and the ensuing fall to his death. This moment has been immortalized across the arts and through several mediums, but none are more notable than Bruegel’s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus. Described as a “painter for poets,” Bruegel’s work served as inspiration for several writers, with this piece in particular providing the basis for ekphrastic poems by W.H. Auden and William Carlos Williams. Though each of these works has a different focus, the unifying theme is that human tragedy is too often placed on the periphery of notice. They are effective reminders to physicians and other healthcare providers about the human aspect of suffering and pain in medicine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *TRAGEDY (Trauma)
*MEDICAL personnel
*PAIN medicine
*STORYTELLING
*PHYSICIANS
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19476094
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177477868
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1377