Love Sick
‘Crazy Jane’ was ubiquitous in the late 18th century, the archetypal figure of those driven mad by disappointed love.
‘Crazy Jane’ was ubiquitous in the late 18th century, the archetypal figure of those driven mad by disappointed love.
Bedlam was a constant in art and literature throughout the 18th century. In it, madness was otherworldly, bestial, pitiable and female – a mirror for concerns about society.
The dissection theatres of 17th-century Europe were tourist hot spots, spectacles that mixed medicine with art.
Paris’ golden age of advertising bred a bold, exciting new art form and changed the face of the city.