Article ID: CBB335954490

Collecting to understand: the art of children and the medical-pedagogical approach in twentieth-century Portugal (2021)

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In this essay I look at the art of children as a tool in the medical-pedagogical approach, as proposed by the founder of child psychiatry in Portugal, Vítor Fontes (1893–1979). First, the topic of the art of children is introduced, and the second part focuses on the model of medical pedagogy as it was practised in Portugal. The third and fourth parts present Fontes’s own investigations on the drawings of children with intellectual disabilities under observation at the Instituto Médico-Pedagógico António Aurélio da Costa Ferreira (IAACF) in Lisbon. In the conclusion it is argued that Fontes contributed to the development of child psychiatry in Portugal by showing that children’s art can mirror their cognitive and emotional development.

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Authors & Contributors
Porter, Margaret
Monza, Francesca
Ferretti, Lucia
Iorio, Silvia
Jonathan Davidson
Mandelli, Elisa
Concepts
Psychiatry
Medicine and art
Child development
Intellectual disability
Medical education and teaching
Psychology
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
18th century
21st century
20th century, early
17th century
Places
Portugal
United States
Russia
Canada
Netherlands
Italy
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