Mystery of the Night Café: Hidden Key to the Spirituality of Vincent Van Gogh (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781438426129)

Written like a detective story, this book explores the spirituality of one of the world's most beloved artists, Vincent van Gogh, through one of Western art's most mysterious paintings, The Night Café. Done in almost garish colors, the work depicts a late night in a café serving a poorer element of society, and Van Gogh himself saw both destructive forces and gaiety in the work. With author Cliff Edwards, we follow a trail of clues from a Yale art gallery to a neighborhood in Arles, from a novel by Émile Zola to a largely forgotten image of Jesus that hung in Van Gogh's bedroom. We enter the imagination of Van Gogh through the books he read, the art he admired, and the people with whom he identified, and arrive at startling conclusions that include a new and deeply spiritual understanding of a café after midnight and the night prowlers who inhabit it.

Author: Cliff Edwards
ISBN-10: 1438426127
ISBN-13: 9781438426129
Publisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New Yo
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2009
Pages: 134
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.80w x 0.30d

About the Author
Cliff Edwards is Professor of Religious Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of several books, including Van Gogh and God: A Creative Spiritual Quest and The Shoes of Van Gogh: A Spiritual and Artistic Journey to the Ordinary.