Art and emotions [SEC=PERSONAL]

[Evgeny Steiner]

Japanese artist Maruyama Okyo, who lived in late 18 c. at the Miidera temple in Otsu province, painted three scrolls with the depiction of Seven Sins, Seven Calamities, and Seven Felicities. A hundred years later priests enjoyed telling  foreign visitors that the impact was so strong that upon seeing the Sins ladies fainted all the time. I read this anecdote in the unpublished letter of the Russian captain S.Kitaev, a collector of Japanese art, who visited the place in 1880s.

Evgeny Steiner

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From: Zielinski <zielinski at GMX.CH>
Date: Monday, April 16, 2007 8:23 am
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Art and emotions [SEC=PERSONAL]
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> Subbash Jaireth:
> 
> > I was wondering if people know of similar (strong emotional 
> reactions)to a
> > work of art (in particular visual and musical).
> 
> Wladyslaw Podkowinski's "Szal uniesien" (Fury of Emotions), 1894, partly
> destroyed by the painter himself during its first exhibition (seen by 
> 12
> thousand people in 36 days)? Here you have the story (in Polish):
> 
> http://www.zwoje-scrolls.com/zwoje40/text10p.htm
> 
> Jan Zielinski
> 
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