Is San Francisco's “The Shaking Man” an urban depiction of parkinsonism?
Art and Medicine often mingle in the most unexpected ways. One can often find in pictorial art the representation of many medical conditions. The same can happen with sculptures; however, the finding of an urban sculpture in a public space with features of parkinsonism is unique. We reported how “Th...
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| author | Francisco Manoel Branco Germiniani Pedro Vinícius Staziaki Vanessa Fiorini Furtado Helio AG Teive |
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| description | Art and Medicine often mingle in the most unexpected ways. One can often find in pictorial art the representation of many medical conditions. The same can happen with sculptures; however, the finding of an urban sculpture in a public space with features of parkinsonism is unique. We reported how “The Shaking Man”, an urban sculpture located in the Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco, USA, is a contemporary representation of parkinsonism and compared it with other art works in different media that also present such thing to laymen. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f0f85e8d7b2647f5b37d20c088c030252022-12-22T00:51:34ZengAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-422771426126310.1590/0004-282X20130013S0004-282X2013000400261Is San Francisco's “The Shaking Man” an urban depiction of parkinsonism?Francisco Manoel Branco GerminianiPedro Vinícius StaziakiVanessa Fiorini FurtadoHelio AG TeiveArt and Medicine often mingle in the most unexpected ways. One can often find in pictorial art the representation of many medical conditions. The same can happen with sculptures; however, the finding of an urban sculpture in a public space with features of parkinsonism is unique. We reported how “The Shaking Man”, an urban sculpture located in the Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco, USA, is a contemporary representation of parkinsonism and compared it with other art works in different media that also present such thing to laymen.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2013000400261&lng=en&tlng=enneurologyartmedicinepublic artart history |
| spellingShingle | Francisco Manoel Branco Germiniani Pedro Vinícius Staziaki Vanessa Fiorini Furtado Helio AG Teive Is San Francisco's “The Shaking Man” an urban depiction of parkinsonism? Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria neurology art medicine public art art history |
| title | Is San Francisco's “The Shaking Man” an urban depiction of parkinsonism? |
| title_full | Is San Francisco's “The Shaking Man” an urban depiction of parkinsonism? |
| title_fullStr | Is San Francisco's “The Shaking Man” an urban depiction of parkinsonism? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is San Francisco's “The Shaking Man” an urban depiction of parkinsonism? |
| title_short | Is San Francisco's “The Shaking Man” an urban depiction of parkinsonism? |
| title_sort | is san francisco s the shaking man an urban depiction of parkinsonism |
| topic | neurology art medicine public art art history |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2013000400261&lng=en&tlng=en |
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