10 MADNESSES

'Five Portraits of the Insane' by the nineteenth century French artist Théodore Géricault are said to be all that remain of original ly ten commissioned portraits of insane patients. Each painting depicts a particular mental condition, a so-called monomania includi ng a kleptomaniac, a woman mad with envy, and a child kidnapper. Almost nothing is known about these portraits, but they raise a mul titude of questions. Who are these people? In what way are they insane? What and where are the five missing madnesses? Intrigued and inspire...[Read more]