ASYLUMS AND ARTISTS

Relationship between genius and mental illness has always been an issue of interest and controversy. Creative people in arts have been more prone to mental illness as compared to the men of science. Asylums of yesteryears in England, France and Spain have had eminent artists such as Hogarth, Dadd, V...

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Autor principal: Somasundaram, O.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2957703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21407926
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description Relationship between genius and mental illness has always been an issue of interest and controversy. Creative people in arts have been more prone to mental illness as compared to the men of science. Asylums of yesteryears in England, France and Spain have had eminent artists such as Hogarth, Dadd, Van Gough and Goya either as residents or as records of the scenes in those hospitals. These relationships, the paintings of the places and the artists are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-29577032011-03-15 ASYLUMS AND ARTISTS Somasundaram, O. Indian J Psychiatry Article Relationship between genius and mental illness has always been an issue of interest and controversy. Creative people in arts have been more prone to mental illness as compared to the men of science. Asylums of yesteryears in England, France and Spain have had eminent artists such as Hogarth, Dadd, Van Gough and Goya either as residents or as records of the scenes in those hospitals. These relationships, the paintings of the places and the artists are discussed. Medknow Publications 2000 /pmc/articles/PMC2957703/ /pubmed/21407926 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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