Art and emotions [SEC=PERSONAL]

Mon Apr 16 07:49:30 UTC 2007

There's a long history of strong reactions to artistic works. In ancient
Greece, certain statues were the recipients of sexual attentions, and in
the 1970s the film "The Exorcist" allegedly caused a lot of vomiting in
theaters.

Karla Huebner
University of Pittsburgh

Original Message:
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From: K. M. Harkness kmhst16 at PITT.EDU
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:24:37 -0400
To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Art and emotions [SEC=PERSONAL]

The ³Rokeby Venus² (
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher
.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG2057) has been attacked a number of times.

K

On 4/15/07 7:49 PM, "Alina Israeli" <aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU> wrote:

> As far as destructions are concerned, Michelangelo's Pieta was
> attacked, and so was Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
> 
> Fainting in general is not as common since women don't wear tight
> corsets anymore.
> 
> On Apr 15, 2007, at 7:11 PM, Subhash.Jaireth at GA.GOV.AU wrote:
>> > I was wondering if people know of similar (strong emotional
>> > reactions)to a
>> > work of art (in particular visual and musical).
>> >
> 
> 
> Alina Israeli
> LFS, American University
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> fax (202) 885-1076
> aisrael at american.edu
> 
> 
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