Expressing grief at religious places. The vast majority of people who have ever sobbed in front of a picture probably don’t interact with the art world very much, if at all. They …

Crying: A Concise Journey Through Time. As a human activity, crying has a long and diverse history that begins in antiquity and continues until the present day. Tears are a physiological reaction …

A new form of painting emerged in the fourteenth century, towards the close of the Middle Ages, with the express purpose of evoking strong emotional responses. Newer images shifted the focus to …

Many different types of people cry at early music events that contain music from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Baroque eras. In most cases, this is a natural reaction to …

Women in “Oath of the Horatii” by Jacques-Louis David: Quiet Eyewitnesses to War and Sacrifice. The 1784 painting Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David is a great example of neoclassical art …

One of the most famous pieces of Renaissance art is Giovanni Bellini’s masterwork, The Ecstasy of St. Francis, which was completed somewhere around 1480. St. Francis of Assisi is depicted in this …

Tears before paintings are no longer dependable. The youthful Mishima sobs in Paul Schrader’s Mishima as he views an Andrea Mantegna artwork that shows St. Sebastian’s martyrdom. Mishima sobs, but his tears …

People cry about anything and everything. We cry about things like onions, spilt milk, and the difficulty of threading a needle. We weep when we laugh too much, when we are too …

The Prince de Ligne: Lamentations in Crimea and Thoughts on the Human Condition. Charles-Joseph, the Prince de Ligne, was a well-known person in the 18th century who made contributions to literature, diplomacy, …

A Thought on Romanticism and the Transcendental Art by Mark Rothko. One of the most important representatives of Abstract Expressionism, Mark Rothko was a deep thinker in addition to a master of …