#the sublime

2 articles tagged with "the sublime"

Why Some Artworks Give You Chills: The Aesthetic Experience Explained
Art and Psychology
·9 min read

Why Some Artworks Give You Chills: The Aesthetic Experience Explained

Why do some artworks give you goosebumps or bring you to tears? Explore the science of peak aesthetic experiences, kama muta, Stendhal Syndrome, the sublime, and why certain art transcends ordinary looking.

Romanticism: Emotion, Nature, and the Revolt Against Reason
Art History
·9 min read

Romanticism: Emotion, Nature, and the Revolt Against Reason

Discover how Romanticism rejected Enlightenment reason and turned to raw emotion, wild nature, and individual experience. From Friedrich to Delacroix and Turner, explore the movement that changed how art feels.