The Glory of Van Gogh: An Anthropology of Admiration

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• The Glory of Van Gogh *
• The Glory of Van Gogh - An Anthropology of Admiration *
• To the Memory of Laure Bataillon *
• Contents *
• Preface xi
• Part I - Deviation, Renewal 1
• One - From Silence to Hermeneutics the Posthumous Making of Van Gogh's Oeuvre 3
• Two - The Golden Legend from Biography to Hagiography 35
• Part II - Reconciliation 59
• Three - Van Gogh versus Vincent the Antinomies of Heroism 61
• Four - Madness and Sacrifice the Ambivalence of Singularity 76
• Part III - Pilgrimage 97
• Five - Money as a Medium of Atonement Purchasing and Redeeming 99
• Six - The Gaze as a Medium of Atonement Visiting Van Gogh's Works 113
• Seven - Presence as a Medium of Atonement the Procession to Van Gogh's Body 123
• Conclusion - The Van Gogh Effect 140

• The Glory of Van Gogh *
• The Glory of Van Gogh - An Anthropology of Admiration *
• To the Memory of Laure Bataillon *
• Contents *
• Preface xi
• Part I - Deviation, Renewal 1
• One - From Silence to Hermeneutics the Posthumous Making of Van Gogh's Oeuvre 3
• Two - The Golden Legend from Biography to Hagiography 35
• Part II - Reconciliation 59
• Three - Van Gogh versus Vincent the Antinomies of Heroism 61
• Four - Madness and Sacrifice the Ambivalence of Singularity 76
• Part III - Pilgrimage 97
• Five - Money as a Medium of Atonement Purchasing and Redeeming 99
• Six - The Gaze as a Medium of Atonement Visiting Van Gogh's Works 113
• Seven - Presence as a Medium of Atonement the Procession to Van Gogh's Body 123
• Conclusion - The Van Gogh Effect 140
• Appendixes 151
• A - Van Gogh and Art Criticism in France, 1888–1901 153
• B - Chronology 169
• Notes 171
• Index 213