The letters of Vincent van Gogh : : a critical study / / Patrick Grant.
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,...
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| Superior document: | Cultural Dialectics, |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edmonton, [Alberta] : : AU Press,, 2014. ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cultural dialectics.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (239 pages). |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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".