Bipolar Symptoms

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

"People with bipolar disorder experience unusually intense emotional states that occur in distinct periods called "mood episodes." An overly joyful or overexcited state is called a manic episode, and an extremely sad or hopeless state is called a depressive episode. Sometimes, a mood episode includes symptoms of both mania and depression. This is called a mixed state. People with bipolar disorder also may be explosive and irritable during a mood episode."...

-http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/bipolar-disorder/complete-index.shtml

Life of Picasso

I've been researching Picasso's life to get background information on his childhood and the different experiences that he has gone through to become a successful artist. I found a lot of good information which could explain the different emotions that Picasso was feeling throughout his life and what caused him to change his art style more than once.

-http://www.artquotes.net/masters/picasso_biography.htm
-http://www.artelino.com/articles/pablo_picasso.asp
-http://www.abcgallery.com/P/picasso/picassobio.html

Bipolar Disorder

Monday, April 27, 2009

Today I researched specific information on bipolar disorder. I looked up the history behind the disorder to see how the time period that Picasso lived in and the time period that the disorder came up collide. I know Wikipedia isn't really a good source of information but it had some interesting things. These are a couple articles on the disorder and other information that apply:

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_bipolar_disorder
  • http://www.fofweb.com/Health/Default.asp?SID=3&iPin=ende071&iEntryType=Article&InputText=bipolar+disorder&SearchStyle=Keyword
  • http://www.fofweb.com/Health/Default.asp?SID=1&iPin=ENMH0045&HealthType=Conditions+and+Diseases%0BMental+Health&InputText=bipolar+disorder&SearchStyle=Keyword&HealthLimit=0&HealthSub=Mood+Disorders
  • http://www.fofweb.com/Health/Default.asp?SID=1&iPin=ENMH0407&HealthType=Mental+Health&InputText=bipolar+disorder&SearchStyle=Keyword&HealthLimit=0&HealthSub=Depression

First Day of Research

Tuesday, April 21, 2009



Today, I researched Picasso's life and also the many pieces that he has done in the different stages of his art. Pablo Picasso's art has went through many different forms suggesting a possible personality disorder.

The Blue Period



The Rose Period




The African Influenced Period



Cubism




Classicism and Surrealism