THE MADNESS OF VAN GOGH
For the psychiatrists, the case of Van
Gogh has a lot of interest and mystery. There were signs in his biography and
letters which can elaborate some hypothesis about his madness: religious
madness during his first years of life, continuous upsets of personality, and
then an intension of assassination with a razor blade, this last produces that
Van Gogh finished without his right ear, he cover it (the ear) with paper
because he wanted to give it to a prostitute called Rachel.
Some experts say that his madness was
produced by an epilepsy, alcoholism and schizophrenia. Some doctors say that
Van Gogh was intoxicated with inhalations of harmful substances which produce a
brain lesion. To check it, some experts return to his letters, where he
demanded yellow and white colours to his brother Theo for working. Van Gogh
used a lot these two colours, which were very damaging in their composition
during that time, because they were made with silver and chromium.
This is one of the hypothesis that justifies
the madness of this genius.
4 comments:
Hello Pilar!
Your post is very interesting. And the photos are great too. jaja Good work PILI. jaja
Hello Pilar!
I like the post, it´s very curious and interesting but you could add the sources of the images. Good work!
Hi Pilar, your post is very good, it's very curious and interesting, but I agree with Fernando, add the sources of the photos. Good work!!
Hello,
These are my corrections:
- VAN GOGH’s madness
- continuous changes
of personality
- an attempt of assassination
- This lastepisode
produced that Van Gogh lost a part of his right ear. He covered his ear with paper
-...some experts have studied his letters, where he demanded yellow and white colours to his brother Theo for working. Van Gogh used a lot these two colours, whose composition was very damaging during that time,
- This is one of the hypotheses that could explainthe madness...
See you.
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