The Art that Heals.
Hazan| N° d'inventaire | 23305 |
| Format | 18 x 22.5 |
| Détails | 192 p., paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782754111119 |
What if art could really help us live better and longer? “One day we may know that there was no art, only medicine,” writes JMG Le Clézio. The WHO report of November 11, 2019 confirms his intuition and affirms that art can be beneficial for health, both physical and mental. If philosophers were the first to anticipate the impact of beauty and art on the course of our existence, on our mood, our state of mind and our health, their theses are now confirmed by neuroscience, which reveals to us how our brain and, through it, our body resonate with artistic creation in all its forms. We now know how art sculpts and caresses our brain and proves indispensable to our lives. A tutor of resilience, it also broadens our vision of the world and transforms us in a process of healing, even rebirth. Pierre Lemarquis, accompanied by Boris Cyrulnik, who prefaced this essay, invites us to visit an imaginary exhibition to share their experience of healing art, from prehistory to the present day. From the first works of Lascaux to the Renaissance, from The Origin of the World to Matisse or Picasso, let us be invaded by these masterpieces and healed by Michelangelo, Hieronymus Bosch, Albrecht Dürer, Gustave Courbet, Frida Kahlo, Antoni Tapiès and many others. We will also meet some Navajo Indians, some brilliant madmen, we will dive into strange altarpieces and other mysterious palaces, we will warm ourselves in the heart of the Sistine Chapel and we will return to life regenerated and transformed.
What if art could really help us live better and longer? “One day we may know that there was no art, only medicine,” writes JMG Le Clézio. The WHO report of November 11, 2019 confirms his intuition and affirms that art can be beneficial for health, both physical and mental. If philosophers were the first to anticipate the impact of beauty and art on the course of our existence, on our mood, our state of mind and our health, their theses are now confirmed by neuroscience, which reveals to us how our brain and, through it, our body resonate with artistic creation in all its forms. We now know how art sculpts and caresses our brain and proves indispensable to our lives. A tutor of resilience, it also broadens our vision of the world and transforms us in a process of healing, even rebirth. Pierre Lemarquis, accompanied by Boris Cyrulnik, who prefaced this essay, invites us to visit an imaginary exhibition to share their experience of healing art, from prehistory to the present day. From the first works of Lascaux to the Renaissance, from The Origin of the World to Matisse or Picasso, let us be invaded by these masterpieces and healed by Michelangelo, Hieronymus Bosch, Albrecht Dürer, Gustave Courbet, Frida Kahlo, Antoni Tapiès and many others. We will also meet some Navajo Indians, some brilliant madmen, we will dive into strange altarpieces and other mysterious palaces, we will warm ourselves in the heart of the Sistine Chapel and we will return to life regenerated and transformed.