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Horror and terror
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The distinction between horror and terror is a standard literary and psychological concept applied especially to Gothic and horror fiction. Horror is the feeling of revulsion that usually follows a fr
Drawing by Sir Charles Bell of a terrified man from Essays on Expression
Drawing by Sir Charles Bell of a terrified man from Essays on Expression
A 1981 non-fiction book Danse Macabre by Stephen King analyzes horror fiction in both literature and film.
A 1981 non-fiction book Danse Macabre by Stephen King analyzes horror fiction in both literature and film.
Sublime (philosophy)
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In aesthetics, the sublime is the quality of greatness, whether physical, moral, intellectual, metaphysical, aesthetic, spiritual, or artistic. The term especially refers to a greatness beyond all pos
Horror and terror
…considered that terror is characterized by "obscurity" or indeterminacy in its treatment of potentially horrible events, something which leads to the sublime. She says in an essay published posthumously in 1826, 'On the Supernatural in Poetry', that terror "expands the soul and awakens the faculties to a…
Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1816, Kunsthalle Hamburg. Romantic artists during the 19th century used the epic of nature as a
Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1816, Kunsthalle Hamburg. Romantic artists during the 19th century used the epic of nature as an expression of the sublime.
Hahnen, Swiss Alps. British writers, taking the Grand Tour in the 17th and 18th centuries, first used the sublime to describe objects of nature.
Hahnen, Swiss Alps. British writers, taking the Grand Tour in the 17th and 18th centuries, first used the sublime to describe objects of nature.
Viviano Codazzi: Rendition of St. Peter's Square, Rome, dated 1630. Kant referred to St. Peter's as "splendid", a term he used for objects producing f
Viviano Codazzi: Rendition of St. Peter's Square, Rome, dated 1630. Kant referred to St. Peter's as "splendid", a term he used for objects producing feeling for both the beautiful and the sublime.
Maurizio Bolognini, SMSMS (SMS Mediated Sublime), 2000–2006, an interactive installation that aims to involve the audience in the experience of the ma
Maurizio Bolognini, SMSMS (SMS Mediated Sublime), 2000–2006, an interactive installation that aims to involve the audience in the experience of the manipulation and consumption of the technological sublime