The Pursuit of Spiritual Wisdom: The Thought and Art of Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin

Type

Book

Authors

Naomi E. Maurer

Vincent Van Gogh

Paul Gauguin

ISBN 10

0838637493

ISBN 13

9780838637494

Tags

Individual Artists, History, Artists, Architects & Photographers, Impressionism, modern art, Van Gogh, Gauguin

Description

This book explores van GoghOs and GauguinOs conviction that the purpose of visual art in human culture is to communicate a spiritual understanding of existence comparable to the wisdom contained in the metaphors and parables of myths, religions, and literature. Monographic studies in the book, which entail many new interpretations of Van GoghOs and GauguinOs imagery, reveal the ways in which their ideas and the specific events of their personal lives shaped their creation of meaningful symbolic motifs. Illustrated - from Amzon

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