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Analysis of the similarities between the paintings of mental patients and the great painters of the world.

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Mahdi Pourrezaean 1
Mohsen Gholami 2
1 PH,D.assistant professor,Shahed university,Tehran,Iran
2 M.A,art research,Shahed university,Tehran,Iran
10.22070/negareh.2010.5157
Abstract
Insanity, genius, art and the relationship between them are among the most interesting
subjects which emerged from ancient ages with the theory of plato, which linked
insanity and art, and developed in the pre-Islamic period in Saudi Arabia, where poets
were called insane and is continued by present age with multipoli theories about it.
This research makes an attempt to comparatively study the paintings done by mental
patients (the insane) and the works of great painters (genii). In the practical part, the
works selected from a set of fourteen artists and fourteen mental patients have been
studied and compared. In this research the most results are as following:1-There is
similarity between the mental patients paintings and painters works of the world-which
are given in present research -of view containing and visual.2-Based upon worked out
subjects from authoritative books,some expressionist and surrealist artists specially Jan
Dubuffet;French artist created works on the influence of works of mental patients.
Keywords
Mental patients
Paintings
Great painters
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Negareh Journal
Volume 5, Issue 14
Winter 2010
Pages 65-72

  • Receive Date 01 March 2010
  • Accept Date 25 May 2010
  • Publish Date 21 March 2010