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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.

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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...

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Online Access: Streaming Video (via Docuseek)
Corporate Authors: Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, Südwestrundfunk (Germany), ZWF dokukanal, Icarus Films
Other Authors: Beetz, Christian (Director, Producer)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
German
Published: [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2014]
Subjects:
Prinzhorn, Hans, > 1886-1933.
Universität Heidelberg. > Psychiatrische Klinik.
Prinzhorn-Sammlung der Psychiatrischen Universitätsklinik Heidelberg.
Art and mental illness.
Schizophrenia > Case studies.
Psychoanalysis and art.
Artists > Mental health.
Art therapy.
Schizophrenia.
Case studies.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
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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.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Originally produced by: Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, c2007; previously released in 2008.
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (76 min.)
Audience:11 and up.
Production Credits:Camera, Matthias Schellenberg, Stefan Grandinetti, Jörg Jeshel ; music, Jan Tilman Schade ; editing, Kurt Schneider, Martina Zöllner, Simone Emmelius.
Language:In English and German with English subtitles.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed August 11, 2014).

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