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Between madness and art : the Prinzhorn Collection / ein Film von Christian Beetz ; Produzent, Christian Beetz ; eine Produktion von Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion in Koproduktion mit SWR und ZWF dokukanal.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Prinzhorn, Hans, 1886-1933.
- Prinzhorn, Hans.
- Universität Heidelberg. Psychiatrische Klinik.
- Universität Heidelberg.
- Prinzhorn-Sammlung der Psychiatrischen Universita·tsklinik Heidelberg.
- Art and mental illness.
- Schizophrenia--Case studies.
- Schizophrenia.
- Artists--Mental health.
- Artists.
- Psychoanalysis and art.
- Art therapy.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Nonfiction films.
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (76 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2014]
- Language Note:
- In English and German with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- What is the link between psychological states and the creative process? What can art works produced by mental patients tell us about artistic genius? Can art therapy be helpful in the treatment of the mentally ill? The film examines these issues through the story of Dr. Hans Prinzhorn (1886-1933), a German student of psychiatry and art history. As Director of the Heidelberg Psychiatric Clinic in the 1920s, he was fascinated by the beauty and expressiveness of the drawings, paintings and sculptures of his schizophrenic patients. He began to study and preserve this art, eventually writing a seminal study, Artistry of the Mentally Ill, and by the time of his death had organized the largest collection of its type in the world.
- Credits:
- Camera, Matthias Schellenberg, Stefan Grandinetti, Jörg Jeshel ; music, Jan Tilman Schade ; editing, Kurt Schneider, Martina Zöllner, Simone Emmelius.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, c2007; previously released in 2008.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed August 11, 2014).
- Publisher Number:
- if-madn Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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