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The letters of Vincent van Gogh : a critical study /

When he died at the age of thirty-seven, Vincent van Gogh left a legacy of over two thousand artworks, for which he is now justly famous. But van Gogh was also a prodigious writer of letters?more than eight hundred of them, addressed to his parents, to friends such as Paul Gauguin, and, above all, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grant, Patrick (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edmonton, AB : AU Press, Athabasca University, [2014]
Colección:Cultural dialectics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Letters as Literature
  • Part I Vincent Agonistes: Religion, Morality, Art. Religious Convictions, Moral Imperatives
  • The Artistic Life and Its Limits.
  • Part II Thinking in Images. Birds' Nests: Art and Nature, Exile and Return
  • The Mistral: Creativity and Adversity
  • Cab Horses: Despair and Optimism.
  • Part III Exploring with Ideas. By Heart: The Creative Unconscious
  • A Handshake Till Your Fingers Hurt: Autonomy and Dependency
  • Something New Without a Name: Beyond Religion, Morality, Art
  • Conclusion: "My Own Portrait in Writing."