Van Gogh and Gauguin The Search for Sacred Art

"[The author] is at her best when explaining the artists' working principles and the stage sets on which they performed. Biographical text is set off from pictorial analyses, and both are separated from her analyses of the materials and techniques that, like the brush strokes of the Impressionists and Cezanne, participate in the imagery. Still, at times in her analyses of pictures and their contexts, she says too much. Her sensitivity to Van Gogh's and Gauguin's paintings is impressive. At times Silverman is overly empathetic, but her self-investment in her subjects yields returns as acuity of perception.Silverman, Debora is the author of 'Van Gogh and Gauguin The Search for Sacred Art', published 2000 under ISBN 9780374282431 and ISBN 0374282439.