Reading Vincent Van Gogh : a thematic guide to the letters

Reading Vincent Van Gogh a thematic guide to the letters

"Soon after his death, Vincent van Gogh's reputation grew and developed through the extraordinary symbiosis evident between his paintings and letters. However it is a formidable task to read and analyze Van Gogh's nearly eight hundred letters due to the sheer bulk and complexity of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Grant, Patrick, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edmonton, Alberta : Athabasca University Press 2016
2016.
Edition:First edition
Subjects:
Gogh, Vincent van, > 1853-1890 > Correspondence > History and criticism.
Gogh, Vincent van, > 1853-1890 > Themes, motives.
painter
art history
aphorisms
writer
imagination
spirituality
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426260506719
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Privacy and the Public Record
  • Biography and Beyond
  • 1 Shaping Commitments
  • Religion
  • Morality
  • Art
  • 2 Enduring Adversity
  • Suffering
  • Perseverance
  • Imperfection
  • 3 What Holds at the Centre
  • Freedom
  • Love
  • Imagination
  • 4 The Power of Words
  • Literature
  • Word-Painting
  • 5 Matter and Spirit
  • The Law of the Father
  • Nature
  • The Ineffable
  • APPENDIX 1: SOME FACTS ABOUT THE LETTERS
  • APPENDIX 2: SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READINGS.

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