A brief exploration of neurological art history

The invention of realistic portraiture to reveal "inner life" is attributed by some art historians to Jan van Eyck who worked in Flanders from 1420 onwards. We show, using clinical neurological examination of the gold mask of Agamemnon dating from 1550-1500 BC and of the portraits of Henry III and his son Edward I -- important English royals -- painted between 1216 and 1307, that realistic portraits were made well before the 15th Century. Thus artists unwittingly used neurology as part of their realistic approach to the presentation of the face. Because neurological diagnosis is often visual, neurology, in turn, has a rich potential to unveil examples of realism in art. We consider the art pieces examined here also pertinent to art historians, as they assess the role of art in documenting history.     

初中历史教学创新面面观

教学创新是现代教学发展的必然趋势,运用新的教学手段和理念,培养学生的创新能力,是初中历史教学创新的客观要求。为了适应历史教学新形势的需要,必须遵照新课标下的历史教学要求,创新历史教学原则、教学理念、教学手段等等。     

The history of the neurological examination. Part 1: ancient and pre-modern history--3000 BC to AD 1850

Every time a physician conducts a neurological examination the process continues a biomedical search for understanding the nervous system which is as ancient as the earliest civilizations in human history. Most of the modern neurological examination evolved in a short time span, between 1850 and 1914, but the origins of neurology as a medical quest for knowledge date to the first evolution of urban life, in the valleys of the Euphrates and the Nile. This paper reviews this history in two chronological segments: part 1 up to 1850 and part 2 the subsequent period.     

初中历史教学如何体现艺术性

科学的、适当的教学方法,是新的教育教学理念的具体体现,是达成教学目标的具体途径。教师应在充分掌握本学科特点的基础上,使学生自觉的、多方面捕获历史信息,增强学生的兴趣和提高学生的积极性,形成健全的人格和健康的审美情趣,为树立正确的世界观、人生观和价值观打下良好的基础。