Asylums
These commentaries describe the transition from inhumane to humane treatment of those hospitalized for mental illnesses with the introduction of Pinel's moral treatment. The series ranges from Pinel freeing the insane from their chains to life in the asylum: Bedlam, Saragossa, and St Remy.
Pinel Orders the Chains Removed From the Insane at Bicêtre
Pinel introduces moral treatment
May 2003
Pinel Delivering the Insane
Pinel freeing insane women
June 2003
A Rake's Progress: "Bedlam"
Hogarth's depiction of Bedlam in the 1760s
April 2003
Yard With Madmen (El Corral de Locos)
Asylum in Saragossa, Spain
November 2003
Asylum at Saint-Rémy
The asylum where Van Gogh completed his Starry Night
July 2010