Publication details
Vášně duše a dešifrování raněnovověkých emocí
| Title in English | Passions of the Soul and Decoding of the Early Modern Emotions |
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Cornova |
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| 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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