Gilbert Stuart and the Impact of Manic Depression

By Dorinda Evans

This groundbreaking study demonstrates that Gilbert Stuart suffered from a hereditary form of manic depression, leading him to create pictures that contain peculiar lapses characteristic of a manic-depressive, or bipolar, artist. Using documentary and empirical evidence"from diaries and letters to x-radiographs of paintings"Evans fills important gaps in our knowledge of Stuart, and connects the strange visual effects in some of Stuart's paintings with cognitive deficits attendant with the disorder.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409441644
• ISBN13: 9781409441649
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"