Art and Pediatric Orthopaedics: Dürer and the Forbidden Fruit.
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Abstract
One of the greatest German Renaissance artists, Albrecht Dürer, noted for his realistic works of art, painted and engraved the Christ child and Eve with characteristic postures of the upper limb resembling the sequel of Erb palsy. However, there is no Biblical evidence to suggest that the Christ child or Eve had paralysis of the upper limb. It appears conjectural as to why Dürer chose to depict the limbs of his subjects in this manner.
Medical subject headings
- Orthopedics
- Pediatrics
- Medicine in the Arts
- Paintings
- Famous Persons