Seeing the insane :
a 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 distrubed as depicted in manuscripts, woodcuts, engravings, drawings, paintings, sculptures, lithographs and photographs, from the middle ages to the end of the nineteenth century /
by Sander L. Gilman ; introduction by Eric T. Carlson with a new afterword by the author.

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Main Author

Gilman, Sander L.

Language(s)

English

Published

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1996.

Subjects

Medicine in the Arts > Medicine in the Arts / History.
Mental Disorders > Mental Disorders / history.
Art and mental illness.

Note

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Wiley : Brunner/Mazel Publishers, c1982.

Physical Description

252 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.

ISBN

080327064X

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