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Barcode37821002533236
StatusChecked Out
LocationMarshall District
TitleVan Gogh has a broken heart : what art teaches us about the wonder and struggle of being alive / Russ Ramsey.
AuthorRamsey, Russ, 1973-
Call No261.57 RAM
CollectionAdult New Arrivals
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261.57 RAM Due on 2/11/2025  

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International Standard Book Number 9780310155577
International Standard Book Number 0310155576
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 261.5/7
Personal Name Ramsey, Russ, 1973-
Title Statement Van Gogh has a broken heart : what art teaches us about the wonder and struggle of being alive / Russ Ramsey.
Imprint Grand Rapids : Zondervan Reflective, 2024
Physical Description xii, 244 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
General Note Includes discussion questions.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note Foreword / W. David O. Taylor -- 1. Something utterly heartbroken : Gustave Doré and the beauty of sad stories in a complicated world -- 2. Owning Mona Lisa : Leonardo's masterpiece and the desire to possess more than life can give -- 3. Now let your servant go in peace : Rembrandt's Simeon in the Temple and the power of suffering -- 4. The allegory of painting : Artemisia Gentileschi and inhabiting a discipline in an unjust world -- 5. Keep them together : Joseph Mallord William Turner and the evolution of an inner life -- 6. A sort of delightful horror : the Hudson River School, the beautiful, and the sublime -- 7. The yellow house : Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and the sacred work of stewarding another's pain -- 8. Cultivate your own half acre : Norman Rockwell and capturing a changing country -- 9. Through a glass darkly : Jimmy Abegg, Edgar Degas, and learning to see as the world grows dim -- 10. Our personal collections : Jeremiah's lament, the works we carry, and the words on which we rest -- Appendices. 1. I don't like Donatello, and you can too -- 2. A beginner's guide to symbols in art -- 3. Lost, stolen, and recovered art -- Discussion guide -- Selected works.
Summary, Etc. 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. -- Publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Christianity and art.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Aesthetics Religious aspects Christianity.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Melancholy in art.

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