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 vi…
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 vi…
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 vi…
"Assessing the significance of the artistic activity of the mentally ill, Paul Klee recommended that the work of psychotic artists be "taken seriously, more seriously than all the public galleries when it comes to reforming today's art." This pioneering work, the first history o…
Alternatives Kunstleben in Paris jenseits der absolutistischen Kulturpolitik. Die Pariser Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture war ein zentraler Pfeiler der absolutistischen Kulturpolitik des Ancien Régime. Sie stellte die repräsentative Macht der Kunst in den Dienst der …
Alternatives Kunstleben in Paris jenseits der absolutistischen Kulturpolitik.0Die Pariser Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture war ein zentraler Pfeiler der absolutistischen Kulturpolitik des Ancien Régime. Sie stellte die repräsentative Macht der Kunst in den Dienst der …
Introduction Learning how to smear: how to paint a portrait in postwar Paris -- 1. Art as other: surrealism, collage, and oceanic art in the portraits of Michel Tapi,̌ Jean Paulhan, and the Company of art brut -- 2. Painting and its double: surrealist performance, ethnography, an…
"One of the most prolific and influential artists of the 20th century, Jean Dubuffet has featured in a multitude of exhibitions and catalogues. Yet he remains one of the most misunderstood-and least interrogated-postwar French artists. Celebrating Art Brut (the art of ostensible…
"An extraordinary and surreal art book, this edition has been redesigned by the author and includes new illustrations. Ever since the Codex Seraphinianus was first published in 1981, the book has been recognized as one of the strangest and most beautiful art books ever made. Thi…
Folk art is one of the American South's most significant areas of creative achievement, and this comprehensive yet accessible reference details that achievement from the 16th century through the present. This volume explores the many forms of aesthetic expression that have chara…
"Folk art is one of the American South's most significant areas of creative achievement, and this comprehensive yet accessible reference details that achievement from the sixteenth century through the present. This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture explores the …
