title: Dwarfism in art.
abstract: Throughout the history of mankind the birth of a child with congenital malformation raised anxiety and torment, along with attempts to explain its origins. It is possible to find relics of such events in prehistoric rock drawings and primitive sculptures, in numerous art pieces produced through the centuries up to modern sculptures, paintings and drawings. The aim of the present article is to show how dwarfs were portrayed in a variety of art forms at different moments in the history of our world.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Genetics Medical University, Dębinki 1 Street, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland, tel. (48 58) 349-15-31, e-mail: jlimon@gumed.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Limon
mesh_terms: D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000266:history; D004393:Dwarfism, Pituitary / Q000266:history*; D004741:Engraving and Engravings / Q000266:history*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history*; D012613:Sculpture / Q000266:history*
keywords: achondroplasia; dwarf; sculptures