Arts and Mental Illness

Both of these artists created many self-portraits. Your job is to determine whether we can see signs of mental illness within her or his self-portrait. Write a 500 word essay in which you analyze the research on her or his mental illness and answer the following:

Is it possible to diagnosis someone who is no longer living? How?
Select one or more self-portraits of either Kahlo or Van Gogh. Do you believe the portrait reflects how the artist was feeling at the time? Why or why not?
What are the challenges scholars face when considering the mental illness of artists?
Please see the rubric for how this assignment will be graded.