Seeing the insane /
Gilman, Sander L.,
Seeing the insane / by Sander L. Gilman ; introduction by Eric T. Carlson with a new afterword by the author. - 252 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: toward a theory of psychiatric illustration -- Icons of Madness -- The appearance of madness -- The staff of madness -- The position of madness -- The treatment of madness -- The confinement of madness -- Images of Madness -- The idea of Bedlam -- The physiognomy of madness -- The medical illustration of madness -- The biography of madness -- The phrenology of madness -- The aesthetics of madness -- The reform of madness -- The population of the reformed asylum -- The individual in the reformed asylum -- Photography and Madness -- The origins of psychiatric photography -- Darwin's influence on seeing the insane -- The Ongoing Artistic Tradition -- Seeing the insane at the Salpêtrière -- Art and medicine in the Nineteenth Century -- Van Goph sees the insane -- Epilogue: -- Seeing with "the third eye" -- Afterword: the psychiatric image and multiple, psychiatric meanings. Eric T. Carlson -- Introduction / Partt One. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part Two. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Part Three. 12. 13. Part Four. 14. 15. Part Five. 26. 27. 28.
"Seeing the Insane is a richly detailed cultural history of madness and art in the Western world, showing how the portrayal of stereotypes has both reflected and shaped the perception and treatment of the mentally disturbed."--Publisher description.
080327064X 9780803270640
96010208
Art and mental illness.
Mental illness--History
Psychology, Pathological--History
Medicine in art--History
N71.5 / .G54 1996
306.461
Seeing the insane / by Sander L. Gilman ; introduction by Eric T. Carlson with a new afterword by the author. - 252 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: toward a theory of psychiatric illustration -- Icons of Madness -- The appearance of madness -- The staff of madness -- The position of madness -- The treatment of madness -- The confinement of madness -- Images of Madness -- The idea of Bedlam -- The physiognomy of madness -- The medical illustration of madness -- The biography of madness -- The phrenology of madness -- The aesthetics of madness -- The reform of madness -- The population of the reformed asylum -- The individual in the reformed asylum -- Photography and Madness -- The origins of psychiatric photography -- Darwin's influence on seeing the insane -- The Ongoing Artistic Tradition -- Seeing the insane at the Salpêtrière -- Art and medicine in the Nineteenth Century -- Van Goph sees the insane -- Epilogue: -- Seeing with "the third eye" -- Afterword: the psychiatric image and multiple, psychiatric meanings. Eric T. Carlson -- Introduction / Partt One. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part Two. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Part Three. 12. 13. Part Four. 14. 15. Part Five. 26. 27. 28.
"Seeing the Insane is a richly detailed cultural history of madness and art in the Western world, showing how the portrayal of stereotypes has both reflected and shaped the perception and treatment of the mentally disturbed."--Publisher description.
080327064X 9780803270640
96010208
Art and mental illness.
Mental illness--History
Psychology, Pathological--History
Medicine in art--History
N71.5 / .G54 1996
306.461