Pictures and history of 19th century insane asylums built according to a plan conceived by Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride, a physician who believed good architecture could help cure mental illness.
“The following interview was conducted at the Parsons School of Design, in a small room with two chairs and a small table. The interview with Robert Kirkbride was to cover the historic asylums that housed patients with mental illness, which were conceived in the nineteenth century by another ...
Over the years, surrounded by a legendary aura, these buildings have become a leitmotif of contemporary popular culture: 'the asylum of terror'. 展开 关键词: Asylums Thomas S Kirkbride history horror films moral management popular culture ...