Explore: Hypnotism In Art

Thomas B. Hess, art critic and long time editor of ARTnews, used chicken hypnotism to describe Barnett Newman's iconic "zip" paintings in a March 1950 review:

hypnosis and hypnotism both derive from the term neuro-hypnotism (nervous sleep), all of which were coined by Étienne Félix d'Henin de Cuvillers in the 1820s

personal investigations into natural/spontaneous somnambulism, hypnotism, and hypnotic suggestion in the wider medico-legal domain. He "was the first forensic

himself"—in other words, that it worked purely by the power of suggestion. Hypnotism, a designation coined by the Scottish surgeon, James Braid, originates in

the concept of hypnotism, and has an ensemble cast including M. N. Nambiar, Sripriya, Sivachandran and Silk Smitha. Parthiban and Rohini in the early stage

added) Unlike Braid, whose first [hypnotism-centred] interest was in hypnotism’s therapeutic applications (and only later in investigating its anaesthetic

practice of hypnotism, see hypnotism precursors, such as Dave Elman.) Masters lived in Los Angeles, California, buying a house trailer and living in Venice

Catholic priest who was one of the pioneers of the scientific study of hypnotism, following on from the work of Franz Mesmer. Unlike Mesmer, who claimed

with a deep love for classical music and violent hatred for most modern art. Additionally, he is more benevolent than his comics counterpart, helping

known as Art Malik, is a Pakistani-British actor. He achieved international fame in the 1980s through his starring and supporting roles in assorted British