page_title: Klecksography
hierarchical_section_title: Klecksography
caption_attribution_description: An autograph with a so-called ‘Klecksographie’ from Justinus Kerner (1786—1862), German physician and poet
context_page_description: Klecksography is the art of making images from inkblots. The work was pioneered by Justinus Kerner, who included klecksographs in his books of poetry. Since the 1890s, psychologists have used it as a tool for studying the subconscious, most famously Hermann Rorschach in his Rorschach inkblot test.
context_section_description: Klecksography is the art of making images from inkblots. The work was pioneered by Justinus Kerner, who included klecksographs in his books of poetry. Since the 1890s, psychologists have used it as a tool for studying the subconscious, most famously Hermann Rorschach in his Rorschach inkblot test.
caption: A klecksograph by Justinus Kerner, published 1879
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