Did sculpting give artists a health advantage before antibiotics?  

Oleh:

Dobson, Roger

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: British Medical Journal (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 335 no. 7632 (Dec. 2007), page 1233.

Ketersediaan

Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: B16.K.2007.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

Lihat Detail Induk

Isi artikel

A study has shown that great sculptors live longer than great painters, and the reason may lie in the greater level of exertion needed for the first job compared with the second. Old master sculptors lived on average three years longer than old master painters, and the physical work involved may have helped boost the ability of their immune systems to fight off infections in the age before antibiotics, researchers say (Age and Ageing 2007 Dec 3 doi: 10.1093/ageing/afm172). In the study, the authors created a database of European old master painters and sculptors, excluding those who had lived in the 20th century. Although Michelangelo was also a painter, he is classed as a sculptor because, say the authors, that is how he saw himself. The final analysis was of 262 great painters and 144 great sculptors. All but six in the database were men. Results show that . . .

Opini Anda

Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini!

Kembali