title: Culture and disease.
abstract: Both art and the kinds of life styles which predispose one to disease reflect the culture of an era. Might the history of art give some insight into the origins of behaviors which are conducive to particular diseases? An attempt is made to answer this question by looking at the perception of time and space in modern and contemporary art and in the behaviors which lead to coronary proneneses and anorexia nervosa.
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D014434:Type A Personality