Vincent van Gogh, a formal and psychological analysis of the final years at Arles, Saint-Remy and Auvers.

Gogh;Vincent van;Art history;Art therapy;Formal elements of art;Psychotherapy;Bipolar;France

Sue Ann Grey, 1943-

University:University of Louisville

Department:Fine Arts

关键词: Gogh;    Vincent van;    Art history;    Art therapy;    Formal elements of art;    Psychotherapy;    Bipolar;    France;   

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美国|英语

来源: The Universite of Louisville's Institutional Repository

【 摘 要 】

This dissertation is an intensive analysis of the artworks and letters of Vincent vanGogh focusing on the final three years of his life from February 1888 to July 1890 atArles, Saint-Rémy, and Auvers. The author is both an art historian and an art therapist, sothis is an interdisciplinary dissertation.Chapter one, the introduction, provides the theoretical background for this paper,discussing the words and images of Vincent van Gogh, and setting forth the thesisstatement: The thesis statement of this dissertation is that variations in thepsychological state of Vincent van Gogh are discernable be psychoanalyticalanalysis of the words in his Letters in conjunction with observation of the way theformal elements of art are consciously manipulated by the artist in the service ofartistic expression or unconsciously manipulated by the mental state of the artist.Chapter two sets the stage for the remainder of the paper discussing the time fromMarch 1886 to February 1888, when Vincent lived with his brother Theo in Paris. Thepurpose of chapter two is to show that although Vincent’s personality was difficult and he had trouble getting along with people; this was prior to the onset of his major mentalpathology. The art works from Paris provide a baseline for comparison to the artworksafter his major pathology began. Chapters three through seven discuss Arles, Saint-Rémy,and Auvers.Chapter eight reveals the expected tendencies of this pilot study in which theauthor has created a Formal Elements Rating Scale. The charts and graphs are in theappendix. Chapter nine sets forth the summary and conclusions.