The discovery of the art of the insane /
MacGregor, John M.
The discovery of the art of the insane / John M. MacGregor. - xix, 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-377) and index.
"This pioneering work, the first history of the art of the insane, scrutinizes changes in attitudes toward the art of the mentally ill from a time when it was either ignored or ridiculed, through the era when major figures in the art world discovered the extraordinary power of visual statements by psychotic artists such as Adolf Wlfli and Richard Dadd. John MacGregor draws on his dual training in art history and in psychiatry and psychoanalysis to describe not only this evolution in attitudes but also the significant influence of the art of the mentally ill on the development of modern art as a whole. His detailed narrative, with its strangely beautiful illustrations, introduces us to a fascinating group of people that includes the psychotic artists, both trained and untrained, and the psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, critics, and art historians who encountered their work."--Publisher description.
0691040710 9780691040714
88037986
Art and mental illness--History
Psychology, Pathological
Mental illness
Art.
RC455.4.A77 / M33 1989
704.0824
The discovery of the art of the insane / John M. MacGregor. - xix, 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-377) and index.
"This pioneering work, the first history of the art of the insane, scrutinizes changes in attitudes toward the art of the mentally ill from a time when it was either ignored or ridiculed, through the era when major figures in the art world discovered the extraordinary power of visual statements by psychotic artists such as Adolf Wlfli and Richard Dadd. John MacGregor draws on his dual training in art history and in psychiatry and psychoanalysis to describe not only this evolution in attitudes but also the significant influence of the art of the mentally ill on the development of modern art as a whole. His detailed narrative, with its strangely beautiful illustrations, introduces us to a fascinating group of people that includes the psychotic artists, both trained and untrained, and the psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, critics, and art historians who encountered their work."--Publisher description.
0691040710 9780691040714
88037986
Art and mental illness--History
Psychology, Pathological
Mental illness
Art.
RC455.4.A77 / M33 1989
704.0824