a moment of sheer awe, of brilliance. often induced by being overwhelmed upon setting sights on a piece of art.
when i entered the gallery yappin' away with my friends, i stopped dead in my tracks. the show was incredible, and the first piece to greet me upon entry was the most exquisite sight i'd ever seen. my chest tightened and solar plexus sucked in, my heart ached. it was definitely a stendhal moment.
by knalani September 12, 2006
When someone is so impressed and in awe of something of artistic value that they start to show manical syndromes. Patients sometimes even become aggressive.
After he saw the painting 'Who's afraid of red yellow and blue?' he maniacally attacked the painting and stabbed it several times and thus developed the stendhal syndrome.
by Doris smartypants February 13, 2007
Hym "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! EAT A BAG OF DICKS SIMON! LET'S GO! Just beat Simon. Haven't even touch stendhal though. I'm using a ramping damage burn build with Maelle. Verso is my breaker and uses a versatile debuff build. And Lune connects the with buffing heals, speed control, priming swift stride so Maelle and stay in Virtuose stance, and Terraquake to buff break damage. And then I just double stun with sniper/Energizing attack/cheater/end bringer combo and Gommage everything to death. I was able to skip phase 2.5 of Simon entirely because fuck all that parrying bullshit."
by Hym Iam May 08, 2025