De l'art des fous à l'art psychopathologique. La collection Sainte-Anne. beaux arts a symbol of nobility and

a symbol of nobility and an object of desire

at the Galerie l'Encrier

Through the mouth of a comic poet like Aristophanes or a philosopher like Plato

Everyone knows: there are no natural history textbooks without drawings

réinventé par l'éditeur pour cette occasion

De l'art des fous à l'art psychopathologique. La collection Sainte-Anne. beaux arts a symbol of nobility andFrom the 1950s onwards, there was a real craze among psychiatrists around the world for what was then called "psychopathological art". Much research was then carried out on the artistic productions of the mentally ill. By recalling the exhibition that took place at Sainte Anne Hospital in 1950, this book, which reproduces numerous French and foreign works, puts into perspective the history of the Sainte Anne Collection and that of psychiatry between