VINCENT VAN GOGH. - ARNOLD, WILFRIED N.
chemicals, crises, and creativity
KORTE INHOUD
"In a wonderful piece of medical detective work, Dr. Wilfred Arnold gives a convincing account of the illness, porphyria, that afflicted & led to the death of a great artist. Along the way we learn of absinthe abuse in France, why Vincent Van Gogh favored yellow in his palette, & much more -- all told, most readably, by an expert medical scientist sympathetic to the artist & his work." -- Roald Hoffmann, Ph.D., Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Cornell University. In this scholarly, yet readable work, Dr. Arnold puts forth a new theory on the tragic life & death of Vincent Van Gogh. He identifies acute intermittent porphyria, an inherited disease arising from a partial deficiency of a liver enzyme, as the underlying problem. This unifying hypothesis accommodates the age of onset, the lucidity & productivity between medical crises, & all of the well documented signs & symptoms revealed in Vincent Van Gogh's voluminous correspondence with family & friends. This is a thorough analysis in light of modern chemical & bi...
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1992Uitgever: , Boston/ Basel/ Berlin, Birkhauser, 1992.,332 paginasISBN-10: 0817636161ISBN-13: 9780817636166Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Chemicals, Crises, and Creativity. Name index, Subject Index.
Bound, with illustrated dust-jacket in color, 24x17cm, 332pp, illustrated b/w. ISBN 0817636161. [Auteur: ARNOLD, WILFRIED N.] [Uitgever: , Boston/ Basel/ Berlin, Birkhauser, 1992.,] [Jaar: 1992] [Titel: VINCENT VAN GOGH.]
Bound, with illustrated dust-jacket in color, 24x17cm, 332pp, illustrated b/w. ISBN 0817636161. [Auteur: ARNOLD, WILFRIED N.] [Uitgever: , Boston/ Basel/ Berlin, Birkhauser, 1992.,] [Jaar: 1992] [Titel: VINCENT VAN GOGH.]
