Medicine's Michelangelo: The Life & Art of Frank H. Netter, MD [Hardcover]
Author: Francine Mary Netter | Language: English | ISBN: 0989137600 | Format: PDF, EPUB
Medicine's Michelangelo: The Life & Art of Frank H. Netter, MD
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Medicine’s Michelangelo is a remarkable and first major biography of Frank H. Netter, MD, written by his daughter, Francine Mary Netter. She captures the character of the man and tells his life story using not only her remembrances but also Frank Netter’s own autobiographical notes, personal correspondence and private files, publications of his work and public archives, and more than one hundred interviews with family members, artists, distinguished practitioners, and scientists.
- Hardcover: 463 pages
- Publisher: Quinnipiac University Press; 1 edition (September 12, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0989137600
- ISBN-13: 978-0989137607
- Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #549,975 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Dr. Frank H. Netter is a legend. Trained as both a physician and an artist, he was fortunate to have had an enormous impact on twentieth century medical education as one of the most gifted medical illustrators the world has ever known. And he was "beyond fortunate" to have had a daughter, Francine Mary Netter, who has written a biography of him that captures for posterity the depth and richness of the man behind all of those marvelous illustrations that still greatly influence medical students worldwide.By Kenneth E. MacWilliams
Dr. Netter had a large art studio in the family home on Long Island where they lived and in which his young daughter spent long hours with him while he created his medical "masterpieces". Later, after college and graduate schools, she became a writer focusing on the history of medicine. From the unique combination of these personal and professional vantage points she has been able to create this extraordinary biography that so intimately and effectively unveils her father's character and life story. In so doing she relies not just on her own close and private knowledge of her father, but also on all of her father's extensive family papers to which she alone has access, and extensive interviews with almost anyone significant who ever knew him in almost any capacity.
There is a parallel here. Whereas the father used his artistic genius to open up in amazing fashion the magnificent human body for close inspection by medical students, the daughter has repaid the favor on behalf of all of us by using her exceptional literary skill to open up in equally amazing fashion her father's remarkable life and character for the benefit and pleasure of all of us who ever marveled at his artistic wizardry and wished that we knew more about the magician behind it all.
And now we have it.
Kenneth E. MacWilliams
Portland, Maine
Francine had done a great job of capturing her Father's life and artistry. She has created an excellent balance of medical history and the personal side of the amazing Frank Netter. I was familiar with much of his work but had no idea just how prolific he was - he obviously loved what he did....witnessed by the fact that he continued to work until he couldn't work anymore. A fascinating read, especially if you have an interest in the medical world.By K E Roberson
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