Mental disorders in art
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| + | [[Image:Vincent van Gogh - Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe.jpg|thumb|200px|left|''[[Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe]]'' (1889) by Vincent van Gogh]] | ||
| + | [[Image:The Sleep of Reason.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters]]'' is a print by [[Francisco Goya]] from the ''[[Caprichos]]'' series]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Portrait of a Kleptomaniac or Portrait of an Insane Person (French L'Aliéné or Le Kleptomane) is a 1822 oil painting by Théodore Géricault.jpg|thumb|right||200px|''[[Portrait of a Kleptomaniac]]'' (1822) by [[Théodore Géricault]]]] | ||
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| - | :''[[mental illness in films]], [[thematic literary criticism]]'' | ||
| - | [[Mental disorder]]s have often been featured in art and literature. | ||
| - | ==Books== | + | [[Mental disorder]]s have been featured in [[art]]. Film and literature have their separate articles on this encyclopedia (see below). This page is dedicated to the reprsentation of mental disorders in the visual arts. |
| - | * ''[[The Hypomanic Edge]]'' by [[John D. Gartner]] | + | ==List of works== |
| - | * ''[[An Unquiet Mind]]'' by [[Kay Redfield Jamison]] | + | *[[Work of Bosch]] such as ''[[Extraction of the Stone of Folly]]'' |
| - | * ''[[Touched with Fire]]'' by [[Kay Redfield Jamison]] | + | *[[The Madhouse]] by William Hogarth, 1773, part of ''[[A Rake's Progress]]'' |
| - | * ''[[A Beautiful Mind (book)|A Beautiful Mind]]'' by Sylvia Nassar | + | *[[The Madhouse]] by Francisco de Goya |
| - | * ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' by [[Ken Kesey]] | + | *[[Goya]]'s ''[[Caprichos]]'', ''[[Disasters of War]]'', and [[Black Paintings]] |
| - | * ''[[Woman on the Edge of Time]]'' by [[Marge Piercy]] | + | *[[The monomanies series by Géricault]] |
| - | * ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]'' by [[J. D. Salinger]] | + | *''[[Une Leçon clinique à la Salpêtrière]]'', (A Clinical Lesson at the Salpêtrière, 1887), a painting by [[André Brouillet]]. |
| - | * ''[[The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time]]'' by [[Mark Haddon]] | + | *[[Attitudes passionnelles]], photos of [[Louise Augustine]] from the ''[[Iconographie photographique de la Salpêtrière]]'' |
| - | * ''[[The Bell Jar]]'' by [[Sylvia Plath]] | + | *''[[The Scream]]'' by [[Munch]] |
| - | * ''[[Of Mice and Men]]'' by [[John Steinbeck]] | + | *''[[The Nightmare]]'' (1781) by Henry Fuseli |
| - | * ''[[Girl, Interrupted]]'' by [[Susanna Kaysen]] | + | ==See also== |
| - | * ''[[The Green Mile (novel)|The Green Mile]]'' by [[Stephen King]] | + | *[[Art horror]] |
| - | * ''[[She's Come Undone]]'' by [[Wally Lamb]] | + | *[[Grotesque art]] |
| - | * ''[[I Know This Much Is True]]'' by [[Wally Lamb]] | + | *[[Fantastic art]] |
| - | * ''[[Effie's Burning]]'' by [[Valerie Windsor]] | + | *[[Art Brut]] |
| - | * ''[[Englar Alheimsins]]" by [[Einar Már Guðmundsson]] | + | *[[Outsider art]] |
| - | * ''[[I Never Promised You a Rose Garden]]'' by [[Joanne Greenberg]] | + | *''[[Artistry of the Mentally Ill]]'' |
| - | * ''* Diving into the Wreck'' by Adrienne Rich | + | * [[Creativity and mental illness]] |
| - | * ''[[Sorrows of Werther]]'' by [[Goethe]] | + | |
| - | * ''Mrs Dalloway'' by [[Virginia Woolf]] | + | |
| - | * ''[[Remembrance of Things Past]]'' by [[Marcel Proust]] | + | |
| - | * ''Swann's Way'' by [[Marcel Proust]] | + | |
| - | * ''[[The Outsider]]'' by [[Albert Camus]] | + | |
| - | * ''[[Don Quixote]]'' by [[Miguel Cervantes]] | + | |
| - | * '[[Crime and Punishment]]'' by [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]] | + | |
| - | * ''Knots'' by [[R.D. Laing]] | + | |
| - | * ''[[Madame Bovary]]'' by [[Gustave Flaubert]] | + | |
| - | * ''Amnesia by Douglas Cooper | + | |
| - | * ''[[Howl]]'' by [[Allen Ginsberg]] | + | |
| - | * ''Hello, Serotonin'' by Jon Paul Fiorentino | + | |
| - | * ''Bloodletting'' by Victoria Leatham | + | |
| - | * ''Darkness Visible'' by [[William Styron]] | + | |
| - | * ''Earth Abides'' by George Stewart | + | |
| - | * ''[[To Kill A Mockingbird]]'' by [[Harper Lee]] | + | |
| - | * ''[[Myst: The Book of Atrus]]'' by [[Rand Miller|Rand]] and [[Robyn Miller]] with [[Dave Wingrove]] | + | |
| - | * ''[[Tender is the Night]]'' by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]] | + | |
| - | * ''[[Heir to the Empire]]'', ''[[Dark Force Rising]]'', and ''[[The Last Command]]'' by [[Timothy Zahn]] | + | |
| - | * ''[[Ward No. 6]]'' by [[Anton Chekhov]] | + | |
| - | ==Stories== | ||
| - | * ''[[Ward Number Six]]'' by [[Anton Chekhov]] (1892) | ||
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| - | :"... 'Palata No. 6' (1892, Ward Number Six) is Chekhov's classical story of the abuse of psychiatry. Gromov is convinced that anyone can be imprisoned. He develops a persecution mania and is incarcerated in a horrific asylum, where he meets Doctor Ragin. Their relationship attracts attention and the doctor is tricked into becoming a patient in his own ward. He dies after being beaten by a charge hand. - The symmetrical story has much similarities with such works as Samuel Fuller's film The Shock Corridor (1963), and Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over Cockoo's Nest (1975). ..." [http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/tsehov.htm]. An online version of the story can be found at [[Project Gutenberg]]. [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13409] | ||
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| - | ==Motion pictures== | ||
| - | Many motion pictures portray mental illness in inaccurate ways, leading to misunderstanding and heightened [[Social stigma|stigma]]tization of the mentally ill. Some movies, however, are lauded for dispelling stereotypes and providing insight into mental illness. In a study by George Gerbner, it was determined that 5 percent of 'normal' television characters are murderers, while 20% of 'mentally-ill' characters are murderers. 40% of normal characters are violent, while 70% of mentally-ill characters are violent. Contrary to what is portrayed in films and television, Henry J. Steadman, Ph.D., and his colleagues at Policy Research Associates found that, overall, formal mental patients did not have a higher rate of violence than the control group of people who were not formal mental patients. In both groups, however, substance abuse was linked to a higher rate of violence. (Hockenbury and Hockenbury, 2004) | ||
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| - | ==Television== | ||
| - | Many popular television shows feature characters with a mental health condition. Often these portrayals are inaccurate and reinforce existing stereotypes, thereby increasing stigma associated with having a mental health condition. Common ways that television shows can generate misunderstanding and fear are by depicting people with these conditions as medically noncompliant, violent, and/or intellectually challenged. However, in recent years certain organizations have begun to advocate for accurate portrayals of mental health conditions in the media, and certain television shows have been applauded by mental health organizations for helping to dispel myths of these conditions... | ||
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| - | One show, ''[[Wonderland (TV series)|Wonderland]]'', went on the air in 2000 and only lasted several episodes. It was largely critically acclaimed, but pressure from mental health advocates and people with mental health conditions who felt that the show perpetuated stereotypes and contributed to the stigma attached to them led to the show's cancellation. | ||
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| - | In 2005, the shows ''[[Huff (TV series)|Huff]]'', ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'', ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'' and ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' all won Voice Awards from the [[Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration]] for their positive portrayal of people who manage mental health conditions. Neal Baer, executive producer of ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' and ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' also won a lifetime achievement award for his work in incorporating mental health issues into these two shows. | ||
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| - | ==See also== | ||
| * [[Mental illness in films]] | * [[Mental illness in films]] | ||
| - | + | *[[Mental illness in fiction]] | |
| - | + | *[[Thematic literary criticism]] | |
| + | *[[Theia mania]] | ||
| + | *[[Tortured artist]] | ||
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Mental disorders have been featured in art. Film and literature have their separate articles on this encyclopedia (see below). This page is dedicated to the reprsentation of mental disorders in the visual arts.
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List of works
- Work of Bosch such as Extraction of the Stone of Folly
- The Madhouse by William Hogarth, 1773, part of A Rake's Progress
- The Madhouse by Francisco de Goya
- Goya's Caprichos, Disasters of War, and Black Paintings
- The monomanies series by Géricault
- Une Leçon clinique à la Salpêtrière, (A Clinical Lesson at the Salpêtrière, 1887), a painting by André Brouillet.
- Attitudes passionnelles, photos of Louise Augustine from the Iconographie photographique de la Salpêtrière
- The Scream by Munch
- The Nightmare (1781) by Henry Fuseli
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See also
- Art horror
- Grotesque art
- Fantastic art
- Art Brut
- Outsider art
- Artistry of the Mentally Ill
- Creativity and mental illness
- Mental illness in films
- Mental illness in fiction
- Thematic literary criticism
- Theia mania
- Tortured artist
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