| Description |
xvii, 361 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-331) and index. |
| Contents |
Gauguin's heritage : his family and their nineteenth-century world -- Budding symbolism -- Caricatures and friendships -- The great dilemmas of humanity -- The artist as Messiah -- Visions of death, visions of escape -- From Papeete to Mataiea -- The Polynesian pantheon -- Desire of the night -- Paris furlough -- The last years in Tahiti -- Hiva Hoa. |
| Subject |
Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| ISBN |
9780520241305 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520241304 cloth alkaline paper |
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