OK, so I'm working on a project (yes, a novel ), and I need some help. I need to read up on two subjects and I was hoping someone here would have some good suggestions.
First, I need to learn all about art -- you know, paintings. This is actually rather embarrassing, but I know little about painting other than the names of famous painters. I can hold my own in any discussion about music, literature and film, but I'm terribly ignorant about painting. I've only been to two museums, in fact -- and one was only because of Hatrack and specifically, KarlEd. Can anyone suggest some good books to read on the history of painting and, more importantly, the evaluation/critique of painting?
Second, and I suspect this one may be a bit more obscure, I need to learn about terminal illnesses and standard medical treatments of the early 19th century. Does anyone have any knowledge of those topics?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Medicine in the early 1800s:
Diseases (note especially polio (in kids, primarily), cholera, TB, and smallpox) Treatments
[ March 03, 2004, 02:24 AM: Message edited by: rivka ]
Posted by Godric (Member # 4587) on :
Ooh! Thank you rivka! You've indirectly led me to a marvelous discovery! Benjamin Rush seems to be a particularly interesting character -- I'll be doing a bit of reading on him.
Now, let's just hope I stick with this dang thing. I don't like to make any promises because I'm notorious at dropping my writing projects half-way through, but you're first on the list of people to send an autographed copy to. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
You're very welcome.
And I'm going to hold you to that autographed copy promise. If you don't stick with this one, I'll accept an autographed copy of whatever you write instead.
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