So was reading an article for school Perspectives on the History of Deaf Education by Harry G. Lang (found in the Oxford Handbook of Deaf studies, Language and Education, Vol. 1, 2nd Ed.) and found some notable deaf artists throughout early history and the middle ages. in the 5th century BC Herodotus mentions that he had a deaf son in a history of the Greco-Persian wars. In Platos Cratylus (360 BC) , Socrates poses a question related to the use of signs as a means of communication (thereby implying that deaf persons used signs then). And so-on. Now moving on to the Middle ages, there is mention of several notable deaf artists- Bernardino di Betto Biagi, born 1454 painted frescoes of Moses life in the Sistine Chapel. Cristoforo de Perdis was a successful italian illuminist. In Madrid Jaime Lopez, a deaf artist, decorated the 16th century hermitage of Notre Dame and Juan Fernandes de Navarette was a painter for Philip II of Spain. I found this interesting as those of us familiar with the generally known history of the deaf arent taught anything about these artists. Deaf history generally tends to officially start with lEpee in France. Thoughts?
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:34:14 +0000
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