Vášně duše a dešifrování raněnovověkých emocí

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Title in English Passions of the Soul and Decoding of the Early Modern Emotions
Authors

MALÝ Tomáš

Year of publication 2014
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Cornova
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field History
Keywords Emotions; iconography; 17th – 18th century; Descartes; purgatory
Description In this essay, which combines an analysis of the early modern art, art theory and religious literature I attempt to imply chances and limits of understanding emotions of the people living in the 17th and 18th centuries. I concentrate myself on the images presenting the souls in purgatory and hell and using the example of pain experience I follow cultural models, variety and range of representations as well as relation between body and soul. I am also interested in connection between the word and pictorial definition of emotions on the one side and their using in concrete pieces of art on the other.
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