Beyond a mere introduction to great art, Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart is about loving to learn what art has to teach us about the wonder and struggle of being alive.
Did you know that:
[*]Vincent van Gogh's attempt to start an artist's colony with Paul Gauguin lasted only nine weeks, ending in his infamous "ear episode"?
[*]Pablo Picasso was a prime suspect in the disappearance of the Mona Lisa?
[*]Artemisia Gentileschi was tortured with thumbscrews to verify her testimony at her own rapist's trial?
[*]Norman Rockwell's critics said his work would never be accepted as "high art"-and he agreed?
These stories-and many more-shaped the work these artists left behind. In their art are lessons common to the human experience about the wonder and struggle of being alive: dreams lost, perspectives changed, and humility derived through suffering.??
In Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart, Russ Ramsey digs into these artists' stories for...
