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Stendhal Syndrome

fuer Helmuth:) www.flickr.com/photos/22281745@N04/ ( he likes poeple at the museums:)))

 

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Stendhal syndrome, hyperkulturemia, or Florence syndrome is a psychosomatic illness that causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness, fainting, confusion and even hallucinations when an individual is exposed to art, usually when the art is particularly beautiful or a large amount of art is in a single place. The term can also be used to describe a similar reaction to a surfeit of choice in other circumstances, e.g. when confronted with immense beauty in the natural world.

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Uploaded on February 23, 2011
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