\u201cLove is a wonderful flower, but it is necessary to have the courage to go in search of it on the edge of a horrible precipice,\u201d wrote Stendhal, who felt dizzy and heart racing while visiting the basilica of Santa Croce in Florence in 1817. The French writer was a master of psychological analysis and his sentences are characterized by a deep loving intensity and passion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We art lovers are passionate about life, and to paraphrase again the French writer \u201cwith passions one is never bored, without them one becomes idiotic\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the Poldi Pezzoli House Museum in Milan I suffered from the Stendhal syndrome, <\/em>that occurs when contemplating works of art or architecture of extreme beauty, in enclosed spaces or with a large accumulation of works.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Boticelli, Pollaiolo, Mantegna, disciples of Leonardo da Vinci, sculptures, refined tableware, jewelry..., took me to a world that has disappeared where some people of noble origin lived surrounded by art. Private houses turned into museums, which today we can all enjoy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Contemplating so much art in such a short time and in an enclosed place, I suffered a transient psychosomatic disorder with symptoms such as tachycardia and confusion in the face of the overload of artistic beauty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As I write these lines -as a form of therapy- my eyelids are drooping, as I have hardly slept a wink all night. The works of art assaulted my mind and prevented me from resting, between sleep and wakefulness. The symptoms originate from the intense emotion and aesthetic impact that overwhelmed me. This is a crisis that usually disappears when I move away from the artwork and rest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Art fosters reflection, creativity and mental health. This syndrome would be like collateral damage to those passionate hearts convinced that art is a bridge to God, sum beauty.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cEl amor es una maravillosa flor, pero es necesario tener el valor de ir a buscarla al borde de un horrible precipicio\u201d, escribi\u00f3 Stendhal, quien se sinti\u00f3 mareado y con el coraz\u00f3n acelerado al visitar la bas\u00edlica de la Santa Croce en Florencia en 1817. El escritor franc\u00e9s fue un maestro del an\u00e1lisis psicol\u00f3gico y […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3033,"featured_media":59075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-firmas"],"yoast_head":"\n