The Discovery of the Art of the Insane
by MacGregor, John M
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- New in New dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0691040710
- ISBN 13
- 9780691040714
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About This Item
Princeton University Press. New in New dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0691040710 . This specific hardback book is in new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in new condition with no discernible wear. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "This pioneering work, the first history of the art of the insane, scrutinizes changes in attitudes toward the art of the mentally ill from a time when it was either ignored or ridiculed, through the era when major figures in the art world discovered the extraordinary power of visual statements by psychotic artists such as Adolf Wlfli and Richard Dadd. John MacGregor draws on his dual training in art history and in psychiatry and psychoanalysis to describe not only this evolution in attitudes but also the significant influence of the art of the mentally ill on the development of modern art as a whole. His detailed narrative, with its strangely beautiful illustrations, introduces us to a fascinating group of people that includes the psychotic artists, both trained and untrained, and the psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, critics, and art historians who encountered their work."; 9 X 1.25 X 11.5 inches; 390 pages .
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- Dr. Bookman - All Books Tightly Packaged in Cardboard (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25141
- Title
- The Discovery of the Art of the Insane
- Author
- MacGregor, John M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New in New dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0691040710
- ISBN 13
- 9780691040714
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- 0691040710, Art, Art of the Insane, Insane Art, Art Studies, Insanity Art
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