The Art History of Art Therapy (Rome, 4-5 Nov 25)

The Art History of Art Therapy

Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History, Rome, Nov 4–05, 2025 Deadline: Jan 26, 2025

 

The term ‘art therapy’ was coined in mid-twentieth century Europe, but its history reaches back into the nineteenth century. Its development as a clinical practice was as diverse as it was discontinuous: in different contexts, art therapy could serve as a means of healing and transformation, or as a tool of discipline and pathologization. Over the course of the twentieth century, the methods and institutions of art therapy have spread globally, intersecting with developments in modern aesthetics and art history in ways that remain largely unexplored.

This interdisciplinary workshop brings together scholars in the history of art, the history of the ‘psy’ sciences, . . . → En lire plus