Madness and Modernity: Mental Illness and the Visual Arts in Vienna 1900 - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 1848220200 ISBN 13: 9781848220201

Casa editrice: Lund Humphries Pub Ltd, 2009

Riassunto

Ten essays exploring mental illness and the visual arts in Vienna at the turn of the last century includes an examination of the relationship between mental illness and modernism and the painting and sculpture of mentally ill figures by such artists as Karl Henning and Gustav Klimt.

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Dr Gemma Blackshaw is a Lecturer in History of Art and Visual Culture, University of Plymouth. She is currently co-editing a volume of essays borne out of the conference 'Journeys into Madness: Representing Mental Illness in the Arts and Sciences, 1850-1930' held in London in 2007. Dr Leslie Topp is Lecturer in History of Art and Architecture, Birkbeck College, University of London. She is the author of, among other titles, Architecture and truth in fin-de-siecle Vienna (2004).Nicola Imrie received her Ph.D. in History of Art from Birkbeck College in 2008. She is a member of the AHRC-funded 'Madness and Modernity' project and is a research assistant on the exhibition.Luke Heighton has recently submitted his Ph.D. thesis in History of Art at Birkbeck College. He is a member of the AHRC-funded 'Madness and Modernity' project.Sabine Wieber is a Lecturer in History of Art at Roehampton University, London, and is a member of the AHRC-funded 'Madness and Modernity' project.Geoffrey C. Howes is author of numerous articles on Austrian literature. From 2000 to 2005 he was co-editor (with J. Vansant) of the journal Modern Austrian Literature and has translated texts by Peter Rosei, Doron Rabinovici, Lilian Faschinger and others.

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• Editore: Lund Humphries Pub Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1848220200
• ISBN 13: 9781848220201
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 166
• Redattore: Blackshaw Gemma, Topp Leslie