Here we kick off "The Art of Hating"! Today we discuss some attacks on art through history.
The pieces referenced are:
- Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh
- Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci
- Portrait of Lord Balfour, 1914 by Philip Alexius de László
- Pietà (1498) by Michaelangelo
- Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Blue? III (1967) by Barnett Newman
- Ivan the Terrible and His Son, Ivan, on November 16 1581 (painted in 1885) by Ilya Repin
- Bamiyan Buddha statues in Bamiyan, Afghanistan
“Stendhal Syndrome (or Florence syndrome) is a psychosomatic condition involving rapid heartbeat, confusion, hallucinations, and even fainting, allegedly occurring when individuals become exposed to objects, artworks, or phenomena of great beauty.”