'We're like an iceberg, in terms of quantity [...] and there are at least 300-350 paintings that should be displayed.' A cure for Stendhal syndrome is not on its way.

Two hours later and I think full-blown Stendhal Syndrome had kicked in.

The Stendhal Syndrome , McNally's new off-Broadway show, consists of two one-act plays.

As a fan of "Master Class," Terrence McNally's 1995 Tony Award-winning play about Maria Callas, I expected his latest work, "The Stendhal Syndrome ," to offer some challenging insights into the power of art in our lives.

Writers thereafter described the city's knockout effect on people as Stendhal Syndrome . I felt a little like that after going to Daylesford Organic Farmshop.

Among the ruins of Palmyra, he says, he had Stendhal syndrome , a physical reaction to the wonder it inspired.

What is it about these paintings that provokes pandemics of Stendhal syndrome ? Perhaps it's the figure of Rothko himself, with his belief in art as philosophy, compounded by the tragedy of his suicide.

Fictional representations of Italy's repulsion and fascination with the "Monster's" case, include Carlo Lucarelli's Lupo mannaro and Almost Blue, Andrea Pinkett's Il senso della frase, and Dario Argento's The Stendhal Syndrome . In these works, slashed and violated bodies challenge the claire that serial murder is not an Italian phenomenon and expose the inadequacy of the justice system, specifically its inability to deal with cases that subvert "imagined" notions of collective identity.

More recently, McNally's "Master Class," about Maria Callas, offered up the lecture format that Clarke uses for "Score." And last season, McNally's "Prelude and Liebstod" (from "The Stendhal Syndrome ") pretty much mined the same emotional landscape of conductor as narcissist.

If someone suffers from Stendhal Syndrome , they suffer giddiness and confusion when exposed to what?

The Stendhal Syndrome (P) Primary Stages (2/1/04) 2/16/04.