The Art of Hating

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.”