One of the original attempts to analyze the artistic wo. The art of insanity goodreads meet your next favorite book. It was the first attempt to analyze the drawings of the mentally ill not merely. Hans prinzhorn 6 june 1886 14 june 1933 was a german psychiatrist and art historian born in hemer, westphalia, he studied art history and philosophy at the university of vienna, receiving his doctorate in 1908. Prinzhorn was among the first in his profession to study the art of the insane, and to use it in. Published exhibited released 1922 his book as a pioneer. History of blank, missing and empty things, part 66. Hans prinzhorns artistry of the mentally ill 1922 the. Iii was basically interested in spontaneously created and pure pieces, such as paintings, sculptures, textiles, texts and collages. Mental illness, visual arts, art and mental illness, creativeness, art, mental disorders, imagination, psychotherapy, schizophrenia. In 1922, westphalianborn hans prinzhorn published a book that was the first of its kind. Hans prinzhorns artistry of the mentally ill 1922 the public.
The book is a record of individuals on whose cases the author had worked, patients whose creativity had led. Psychotic episode 1922 researching another art work. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See all 8 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The book caused ripples when it was published, not just in medicine but in the. Geisteskranken artistry of the mentally ill 1922 by german psychiatrist hans prinzhorn. The prinzhorn collection had a particular influence on the theorization and. Hans prinzhorn june 6, 1886 june 14, 1933 was a german psychiatrist and art historian born in hemer, westphalia, he studied art history and philosophy at the university of vienna, receiving his doctorate in 1908.
Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk. Surrealists at prinzhorn collection raw vision magazine. Dec 26, 2011 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. One of these discoveries was the electrician august natterer 18581933 whose pictorial records of a vision especially fascinated prinzhorn. The drawings, paintings and sculptures collected and analyzed by prinzhorn are the products of artistically untrained and unpracticed persons. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
Stobern sie in bestsellern als handliche pocket bookausgabe. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The rise and rise of the celebrity curator elephant. He later received training in medicine and psychiatry, serving as an army. More than 70 years after its first publication in german, artistry of the mentally ill by hans prinzhorn remains a classic concerning the borderland between psychiatry and art, illness and selfexpression. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Prinzhorns groundbreaking study, the first of its kind, gained. After the first world war, the movement outsider art gained a lot of attention. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. When he left in 1921 the collection was extended to more than 5000 works by about 450 cases. However, dubuffet expanded the scope of his collection to also include works by other eccentrics and social misfits. Hans prinzhorn, horoscope for birth date 8 june 1886, born. Many artists were inspired by this, including salvador dali, karel appel and asger jorn.