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Behind Walls - Photography in Psychiatric Institutions from 1880 to 1935 (English, German, Hardcover): Katrin Luchsinger,... Behind Walls - Photography in Psychiatric Institutions from 1880 to 1935 (English, German, Hardcover)
Katrin Luchsinger, Stefanie Hoch
R986 Discovery Miles 9 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Many psychiatric hospitals in Switzerland house a treasure trove of historical photographs that go back to the 19th century and until now have never been studied properly. Glass slides and negatives, loose paper prints, and photo albums allow fascinating insights into the modernisation of these establishments - and at the same time into the history of photography. The medium that was new at the time was used by psychiatrists to record diagnoses, as well as to show the public life behind institutional walls. Thanks to increasingly handy cameras, it was also possible to record the modest celebrations, and leisure and creative activities. Behind Walls introduces these testimonials of life and scientific practice in psychiatric institutions from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that are accessible to the public for the first time. The essays critically study the use of photography as a medium in psychiatry from different perspectives. Text in English and German.

Extraordinary! - Unknown Works from Swiss Psychiatric Institutions around 1900 (Hardcover): Katrin Luchsinger, Helen Hirsch,... Extraordinary! - Unknown Works from Swiss Psychiatric Institutions around 1900 (Hardcover)
Katrin Luchsinger, Helen Hirsch, Thomas Roeske
R1,073 R798 Discovery Miles 7 980 Save R275 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Public interest in art created by people suffering from mental illnesses has been growing in recent years, while the topic is still relatively exotic in the academic world. In a unique research project at Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK, art works produced around 1900 by patients in mental asylums and hospitals in Switzerland have been recorded, documented, and examined. Their authors worked on many of them for long periods, always with dedication, and often revealing remarkable technical and artistic prowess. They saw their art as a contribution to public life, as their own invention and expression of their ideas, but also as an act to compensate for the dull life at, and criticism of, the institutions they were being treated. This field of art, and of art history, is subject to the dynamics of academic standards and, consequently, of inclusions and exclusions. This new book, featuring a manifold selection of previously unpublished art works, questions our contemporary understanding of art, making the reader revisit his or her own concept of what constitutes art and to engage with these artists and their work.

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