Shame is an unpleasant self-conscious emotion associated with negative self-evaluation in relation to social norms and one’s personal moral standards. It can generate feelings of pain, exposure, distr
Eve covers herself and lowers her head in shame in Rodin's Eve after the Fall.
Person hiding face and showing posture of shame (while wearing a Sanbenito and coroza hat) in Goya's sketch "For being born somewhere else". The person has been shamed by the Spanish Inquisition.
A girl feeling ashamed as two other girls taunt behind her back
Humiliation is the abasement of pride, which creates mortification or leads to a state of being humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission. It is an emotion felt by a person whose social status, ei
Shame
…cognition may occur as a result of the experience of shame affect or, more generally, in any situation of embarrassment, dishonor, disgrace, inadequacy, humiliation, or chagrin. The dynamics of shame and devaluation appear to be consistent across cultures. This has led some researchers to propose the existence of…
The Pillory, from The Costume of Great Britain (1805)
Non-trinitarian Cathars wearing loincloths being burnt at the stake in an auto-da-fé (c. 1495, with garrote and phallus), presided over by Saint Dominic, oil on panel by Pedro Berruguete.
Paris 1944: Women accused of collaboration with Nazis are paraded through the streets barefoot, shaved, and with swastika burn marks on their faces.
The Humiliation of Emperor Valerian by Shapur, King of Persia by Hans Holbein the Younger