TY - BOOK AU - Maurer,Naomi E AU - Gogh,Vincent van AU - Gauguin,Paul AU - Maurer,Naomi E. ED - Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ED - Minneapolis Institute of Arts TI - The pursuit of spiritual wisdom: the thought and art of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin SN - 0838637493 AV - Art/N6847.5.N3 M39 1998 PY - 1998///] CY - Madison, London PB - Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Associated University Presses in association with the Minneapolis Institute of Arts KW - Gogh, Vincent van, KW - Gauguin, Paul, KW - Symbolism (Art movement) KW - France N1 - Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Chicago, 1985) under title: The pursuit of spiritual knowledge; Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index; --pt. 1. Van Gogh and Gauguin in the Context of Symbolist Thought; -- part 2. "The Existence of God and Eternity:" Van Gogh's Search for Spiritual Salvation; -- part 3. From Here to Eternity: Gauguin's Journey Towards Nirvana N2 - "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 ER -