Van Gogh's Ear by Bernadette Murphy ISBN 609f0a5e-6173-4e3d-96fd-2a63ddf2f1e1, 609F0A5E-6173-4E3D-96FD-2A63DDF2F1E1 instant download

Van Gogh's Ear by Bernadette Murphy ISBN 609f0a5e-6173-4e3d-96fd-2a63ddf2f1e1, 609F0A5E-6173-4E3D-96FD-2A63DDF2F1E1 instant download

On a dark night in Provence in December 1888 Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear. It is an act that has come to define him. Yet for more than a century biographers and histo­rians seeking definitive facts about what happened that night have been left with more questions than answers.In Van Gogh's Ear Bernadette Murphy sets out to discover exactly what happened that night in Arles. Why would an artist at the height of his powers commit such a brutal act of self-harm? Was it just his lobe, or did Van Gogh really cut off his entire ear? Who was the mysterious "Rachel" to whom he presented his macabre gift? Murphy's investi­gation takes us from major museums to the moldering contents of forgotten archives, vividly reconstructing the world in which Van Gogh moved—the madams and prostitutes, café patrons and police inspectors, his beloved brother, Theo, and his fellow artist and house guest Paul Gauguin. With exclusive revela­tions and new...