Also called “Florence syndrome”, the “Stendhal syndrome” affects people exposed to a work of art which, without their explaining it, suddenly takes on a particular meaning for them;
to the point that it can cause them dizziness, suffocation or an acceleration of the heart rate...
“I felt enveloped by the painting”
While on a trip to Florence, Marie experienced the "Stendhal syndrome" in front of a painting by Botticelli: "by dint of looking at the painting, I felt enveloped by everything that could be represented, remembers- she.
At that moment, there is no longer anything that exists next to it.
It was me, the painting.
I had a bit of a heat stroke and the tears came to me.
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OUR “WORK OF ART” FILE
If this strange manifestation bears the name of Stendhal, it is because the French writer was the first, in 1817, to describe this aesthetic shock experienced during a trip to Italy.
“He feels a feeling of the sublime and of admiration so strong that he has internal modifications of his sensations;
so much so, he says, that he feels "wavering in the face of the beauty of the work", explains Bernard Andrieu, philosopher.
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