History of art in six emotions

Desire, suffering, amazement, doubt, fun, madness ... We heard these simple words a million times, however, do we know their meaning for world art? The history of art can be told from different points of view: with the help of techniques, movements, languages ​​or styles. The art historian Kostannino d’Orazio chooses a different, unknown path. The author invites us to make a trip in time from antiquity to the present day to find out how the artists represented the emotions that are hidden in our most inexpressible and exciting dreams. Kostantino d’Orazio will lead you through the famous masterpieces and less well -known works that cause us a whole gamut of moods: desire, madness, fun, suffering, amazement and doubt. Plunge into the feelings that humanity has felt and examined for centuries. From the finds of ancient Greece to the masterpieces of the Renaissance, from the inventions of Baroque to the revolutions of romanticism, to the provocations of the twentieth century, art attracted the emotions of women and men, creating symbols of art. Eros for desire, Prometheus for torment, Medusa for delirium, Maddalen for amazement, polymnia for doubt and cherubs for joy - these are only some of the figures that reveal the excitement of the emotions contained on these pages