The Medicine of Art
Lee, Elizabeth L.![The Medicine of Art](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/333/33320803/CHSBZCOP0333320803.jpg)
In 1901, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens proclaimed in a letter to Will Low, "Health-is the thing!" Though recently diagnosed with intestinal cancer, Saint-Gaudens was revitalized by recreational sports, having realized midcareer "there is something else in life besides the four walls of an ill-ventilated studio." The Medicine of Art puts such moments center stage in order to consider the role of health and illness in the way art was produ...