Passion (emotion)
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Passion denotes strong and intractable or barely controllable emotion or inclination with respect to a particular person or thing. Passion can range from eager interest in, or admiration for, an idea,
Frederick Goodall's Passionate Encounter
Ecstasy (emotion)
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Ecstasy is a subjective experience of total involvement of the subject with an object of their awareness. In classical Greek literature, it refers to removal of the mind or body "from its normal place
Passion (emotion)
…or sexual desire, though it generally implies a deeper or more encompassing emotion than that implied by the term lust, often incorporating ideas of ecstasy and/or suffering. Denis Diderot (1713–1784) describes passions as…
The Ecstasy of St. Theresa by Gianlorenzo Bernini (1652). Left transept of Santa Maria della Vittoria (17th century) in Rome.
St Filippo Neri in Ecstasy by Guido Reni
Ecstasy, by Jean Benner (Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art)