The art of frenzy
Subtitle: public madness in the visual culture, 1500-1850
By: Jane Kromm.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Mania -- Europe -- History; Psychiatry -- Europe -- History; Mental illness in art; Art -- 16th century; Art, Modern -- 17th century; Art, Modern -- 18th century
Description: "The Art of Frenzy is a masterful analysis of public madness from the Renaissance to the Industrial Age. Frenzy - the most flagrant and political form of madness - is the madness of warrior-heroes, kings, scolds, and the possessed. Its representation incorporates a range of traditional characters and figures, from Hercules and Orlando to Medea and Britannia." "Integrating art history with cultural studies, political history, and the history of medicine, the book draws on a wide range of media and contexts - from asylum sculpture to political broadsheets, medical texts, the imagery of revolution, caricatures, and medical illustrations."--Jacket.
Notes: "Bibliography": p. [272]-277.

Includes bibliographical references and index.