Photographic Iconography of Salpêtrière.
Paris: 1876-1880
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The Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital is a hospital in Paris. Salpêtrière was originally a gunpowder factory, but was converted to a dumping ground for the poor of Paris. Eventually it served as a prison for prostitutes, and a holding place for the mentally disabled, criminally insane, epileptics, and the poor; it was also notable for its famous population of rats.
During the French Revolutionary period, it was stormed by the mob and the prostitutes released, but others (probably madwomen) were less fortunate and were murdered. Since the Revolution, La Salpêtrière has served as an insane asylum and a hospital for women.
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suburbanlife // February 18, 2007 at 11:21 pm |
Was Camille Claudel incarcerated at Salpetriere?
jahsonic // September 6, 2007 at 7:33 am |
Suburbanlife,
Sorry for my late reply, but I could find nothing that seems to suggest this.
http://books.google.com/books?q=Camille+Claudel++Salpetriere&btnG=Search+Books
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Camille%2BClaudel%2B%2BSalpetriere&btnG=Google+Search
Do let me known if you find more, the link between creativity and mental illness is of special interest to me.
Jan
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