Join “The smile of the mind”

The exhibition examines the historical development of Neuroscience and is divided in three sections.

While the first part is a historical introduction with the major caricatures on Neuroscience by Leonardo, Brueghel, Daumier and others, the second part is a showing of the original caricatures that appeared in satirical journals, lithographies, pictures from the 16th century to 20th century. The final section is a display of the original books regarding physiognomy and caricatures with one the first publications printed in 1586 by Giambattista della Porta, with the title of “De Humana Physiognomonia”.
The program of the event is available at: http://santacaterina.unipv.it/userfiles/02%20invito%20sorriso%20mente%20(3).pdf