Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart
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Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart

What Art Teaches Us About the Wonder and Struggle of Being Alive

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eBook - ePub

Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart

What Art Teaches Us About the Wonder and Struggle of Being Alive

About this book

Beyond a mere introduction to great art, Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart is about loving to learn what art has to teach us about the wonder and struggle of being alive.

Did you know that:

  • Vincent van Gogh's attempt to start an artist's colony with Paul Gauguin lasted only nine weeks, ending in his infamous "ear episode"?
  • Pablo Picasso was a prime suspect in the disappearance of the Mona Lisa?
  • Artemisia Gentileschi was tortured with thumbscrews to verify her testimony at her own rapist's trial?
  • Norman Rockwell's critics said his work would never be accepted as "high art"--and he agreed?

These stories--and many more--shaped the work these artists left behind. In their art are lessons common to the human experience about the wonder and struggle of being alive: dreams lost, perspectives changed, and humility derived through suffering.??

In Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart, Russ Ramsey digs into these artists' stories for readers who may be new to art, as well as for lifelong students of art history, to mine the transcendent beauty and hard lessons we can take from their masterpieces and their lives. Each story from some of the history's most celebrated artists applies the beauty of the gospel in a way that speaks to the suffering and hope we all face.

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Information

Publisher
Zondervan
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9780310155584
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Artist Monographs

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. 1. Something Utterly Heartbroken: Gustave Doré and the Beauty of Sad Stories In a Complicated World
  8. 2. Owning Mona Lisa: Leonardo’s Masterpiece and the Desire to Possess More Than Life Can Give
  9. 3. Now Let Your Servant Go In Peace: Rembrandt’s Simeon In the Temple and the Power of Suffering
  10. 4. The Allegory of Painting: Artemisia Gentileschi and Inhabiting a Discipline In an Unjust World
  11. 5. Keep Them Together: Joseph Mallord William Turner and the Evolution of an Inner Life
  12. 6. A Sort of Delightful Horror: The Hudson River School, the Beautiful, and the Sublime
  13. 7. The Yellow House: Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and the Sacred Work of Stewarding Another’s Pain
  14. 8. Cultivate Your Own Half Acre: Norman Rockwell and Capturing a Changing Country
  15. 9. Through a Glass Darkly: Jimmy Abegg, Edgar Degas, and Learning to See As the World Grows Dim
  16. 10. Our Personal Collections: Jeremiah’s Lament, the Works We Carry, and the Words On Which We Rest
  17. Appendices
  18. Discussion Guide
  19. Selected Works
  20. Notes