Reading Vincent Van Gogh : : a thematic guide to the letters / / Patrick Grant.

"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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Place / Publishing House:Edmonton, Alberta : : AU Press,, 2016.
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (199 pages)
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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.