{"title":"Uneasy Articulations: Magnus Hirschfeld, Art, and Sexual Science in Early Twentieth-Century Germany","authors":"Camilla Smith","doi":"10.1080/00043079.2023.2142892","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article explores the relationship between sexual science (sexology) and art. It focuses on the Berlin-based physician, Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld (1868–1935), one of its leading proponents, whose complex use of reproductions and references to art historical sources, warrant attention. It examines the role of art in Hirschfeld’s clinical questionnaires, the psychosexual artworks of his patients, as well as considering how his engagement with art related to the work of contemporaries, Sigmund Freud, Hans Prinzhorn, and Aby Warburg. It argues that Hirschfeld’s use of art challenged not only the parameters of science in Germany, but also the positions of power and subjection in histories of sexuality.","PeriodicalId":46667,"journal":{"name":"ART BULLETIN","volume":"105 1","pages":"81 - 112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ART BULLETIN","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00043079.2023.2142892","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"ART","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract This article explores the relationship between sexual science (sexology) and art. It focuses on the Berlin-based physician, Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld (1868–1935), one of its leading proponents, whose complex use of reproductions and references to art historical sources, warrant attention. It examines the role of art in Hirschfeld’s clinical questionnaires, the psychosexual artworks of his patients, as well as considering how his engagement with art related to the work of contemporaries, Sigmund Freud, Hans Prinzhorn, and Aby Warburg. It argues that Hirschfeld’s use of art challenged not only the parameters of science in Germany, but also the positions of power and subjection in histories of sexuality.
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The Art Bulletin publishes leading scholarship in the English language in all aspects of art history as practiced in the academy, museums, and other institutions. From its founding in 1913, the journal has published, through rigorous peer review, scholarly articles and critical reviews of the highest quality in all areas and periods of the history of art. Articles take a variety of methodological approaches, from the historical to the theoretical. In its mission as a journal of record, The Art Bulletin fosters an intensive engagement with intellectual developments and debates in contemporary art-historical practice. It is published four times a year in March, June, September, and December