About 50 results for ‘Insanity’
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Insanity
Insanity, craziness or madness is a spectrum of behaviors characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns. Insanity may manifest as violations of societal norms, including a person becoming a danger to themselves or others, though not all such acts are considered insanity. In modern usage insanity is most commonly encountered as an informal unscientific term denoting mental instability, or in the narrow legal context of the insanity defense. In the medical profession the term is now avoided in favor of diagnoses of specific mental disorders; the presence of delusions or hallucinations is broadly referred to as psychosis. When discussing mental illness in general terms, "psychopathology" is considered a preferred descriptor. In English, the word "sane" derives from the Latin adjective sanus meaning "healthy". The phrase "mens sana in corpore sano" is often translated to mean a "healthy mind in a healthy body". From this perspective, insanity can be considered as poor health of the mind, not necessarily of the brain as an organ (although that can affect mental health), but rather refers to defective function of mental processes such as reasoning. Another Latin phrase related to our current concept of sanity is "compos mentis" (lit. "of composed mind"), and a euphemistic term for insanity is "non compos mentis". In law, mens rea means having had criminal intent, or a guilty mind, when the act was committed. A more informal use of the term insanity is to denote something considered highly unique, passionate or extreme, including in a positive sense. A notable example has been the use of the phrase 'insanely great' in the launch of the Apple Macintosh, subsequently also used to describe one of its developers. The term may also be used as an attempt to discredit particular ideas or their proponents, such as in politics.
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MARCHE DU DOM QUICHOTTE MODERNE POUR LA DEFENSE DU MOULIN...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Clergy
- Drum
- Equestrianism
- French Revolution
- Horse
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Field(s):
- Costume
- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
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- Designation:
- enseigne profane ; pendentif
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- Date:
- 15th century
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- Artist(s):
- Eugène Delacroix
HAMLET ET OPHELIE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Conversation
- Insanity
- Ophelia
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- Date:
- 19th century
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JEANNE-LA-FOLLE, REINE DE CASTILLE (?-1555)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Castile (historical region)
- Insanity
- Joanna of Castile
- Portrait
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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FETE FLAMANDE AVEC LA RONDE AUTOUR DE L'ARBRE DE MAI
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alcohol intoxication
- Axe
- Crowd
- Deciduous
- Defecation
- Entertainment
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- Date:
- 16th century
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LA NEF DES FOUS
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Beaker (drinkware)
- Bottle
- Charcuterie
- Cherry
- Franciscan
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- Date:
- 15th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
QUINZE PANNEAUX DE LA DECORATION DU SALON DE LA RICHESSE ...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 18th century
- 19th century
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Designation:
- carreau de pavement ; fragment
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bonnet (headgear)
- Insanity
- Smile
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- Date:
- 16th century
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- Artist(s):
- Luca Cambiasi
Roger et Angélique, enlacés sous un arbre
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 16th century
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- Artist(s):
- Eugène Delacroix
Ophélie dans l'eau se retenant à une branche ; étude du b...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Odilon Redon
Le fou ou la Folie : tête coiffée d'un bonnet
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bell (instrument)
- Bonnet (headgear)
- Insanity
- Symbol
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Francisco Goya
Loco por escrupulos (Fou à force de scrupules)
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 19th century
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La coupe et la lyre
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alcohol intoxication
- Genius (mythology)
- Goldsmith
- Insanity
- Lyre
- Man
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Honoré Fragonard
L'Arioste inspiré par l'Amour et la Folie
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Le fou et un sage, XII, 22
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- Portrayed subject:
- City
- Insanity
- Man
- Watercourse
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- Date:
- 18th century
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