{"product_id":"9781472469786","title":"Picturing the Lame in Italian Art from Antiquity to the Modern Era","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe presence of the orthopedically impaired body in art is so pervasive that, paradoxically, it has failed to attract the attention of most art historians. In this book, Livio Pestilli investigates the changing meaning that images of individuals with limited mobility acquired through the centuries. This study evinces that in opposition to the practice of classical artists, who manifested a lack of interest in the subject of lameness, their Early Christian counterparts depicted them profusely, as images of the miraculous healing of the lame became a reaussuring sign of acceptance and the promise of a more equitable existence in this life or the next.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52723518964023,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":1330.96,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.my\/products\/9781472469786","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Malaysia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}