Catharsis

[kə-thär′sĭs] n. pl. ca·thar·ses [-sēz] 1. A purifying or figurative cleansing of the emotions, especially pity and fear. 2. A release of emotional tension, as after an overwhelming experience, that restores or refreshes the spirit.

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Edward Moran - Cliffs in a storm

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Emily Mary Osborn - For the Last Time (c. 1864)

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Anders Zorn - Smoking Woman (1907)

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William Edward Frost - The Naiad

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Edward Robert Hughes - Trees at Twilight

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Vittorio-Matteo Corcos - Girl with Yellow Shawl (before 1933)

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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema - Egyptian Chess Players (1865)

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William Blake Richmond - Venus and Anchises (1889-1890)

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A. W. Crawford - Woodland fairies in the moonlight (late 19th century)

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John William Waterhouse - In the Harem

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Alfred Stevens - La Boule Argentée (1884)

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Edward Robert Hughes - With the wind

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James N. Lee - At The Easel

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau - Dawn (1881)

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Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant - Impératrice Théodora (The Empress Theodora) (1887)

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Annie Louisa Swynnerton - The Sense of Sight (1895)

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Charles Edward Perugini - Sophie Grey