TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gilman,Sander L.
TI  - Seeing the insane
SN  - 080327064X
AV  - N71.5 .G54 1996
U1  - 306.461 22
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Lincoln
PB  - University of Nebraska Press
KW  - Art and mental illness
KW  - Mental illness
KW  - History
KW  - Psychology, Pathological
KW  - Medicine in art
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction; Eric T. Carlson --; Preface: toward a theory of psychiatric illustration --; Partt One; Icons of Madness --; 1; The appearance of madness --; 2; The staff of madness --; 3; The position of madness --; 4; The treatment of madness --; 5; The confinement of madness --; Part Two; Images of Madness --; 6; The idea of Bedlam --; 7; The physiognomy of madness --; 8; The medical illustration of madness --; 9; The biography of madness --; 10; The phrenology of madness --; 11; The aesthetics of madness --; Part Three; The reform of madness --; 12; The population of the reformed asylum --; 13; The individual in the reformed asylum --; Part Four; Photography and Madness --; 14; The origins of psychiatric photography --; 15; Darwin's influence on seeing the insane --; Part Five; The Ongoing Artistic Tradition --; 26; Seeing the insane at the Salpêtrière --; 27; Art and medicine in the Nineteenth Century --; 28; Van Goph sees the insane --; Epilogue: --; Seeing with "the third eye" --; Afterword: the psychiatric image and multiple, psychiatric meanings; Reprint. Originally published; New York : Wiley : Brunner/Mazel Publishers, c1982
N2  - "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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0728/96010208-b.html
ER  -