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Author

Title The pursuit of spiritual wisdom : the thought and art of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin / Naomi Margolis Maurer.

Imprint

Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London : Associated University Presses in association with the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Š1998.

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Oversize Stacks	759.9492 G557Dm 1998	---	Available

Description	xvi, 211 pages, [120] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
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Note	Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Chicago, 1985) under title: The pursuit of spiritual knowledge.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index.
Contents	pt. 1. Van Gogh and Gauguin in the Context of Symbolist Thought -- pt. 2. "The Existence of God and Eternity:" Van Gogh's Search for Spiritual Salvation -- pt. 3. From Here to Eternity: Gauguin's Journey Towards Nirvana.
Summary	"This book explores van Gogh's and Gauguin's concepts of spirituality in life and art, and the ways in which their ideas and the events of their personal lives shaped their creation of repertoires of meaningful symbolic motifs."--Jacket.
Subject	Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890 -- Criticism and interpretation.
	Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903 -- Criticism and interpretation.
	Symbolism (Art movement) -- France.
	Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903. (OCoLC)fst00035648
	Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890. (OCoLC)fst00032032
	Symbolism (Art movement) (OCoLC)fst01140759
	France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Added Author	Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890.
	Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903.
	Maurer, Naomi E. Pursuit of spiritual knowledge.
ISBN	0838637493 (alk. paper)
	9780838637494 (alk. paper)