The Glory of Van Gogh: An Anthropology of Admiration by Nathalie Heinich
The Glory of Van Gogh: An Anthropology of Admiration

Nathalie Heinich

The Glory of Van Gogh: An Anthropology of Admiration

Nathalie Heinich

224 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

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The image of the great artist as a suffering visionary is a recent invention, observes sociologist Nathalie Heinich--an invention rooted in the "canonization" of Vincent van Gogh as a cultural hero for the twentieth century. Heinich explores how a...

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