Revelation of Modernism: Responses to Cultural Crises in Fin-de-Siecle Painting

'Examines the work of postimpressionist painters - Van Gogh, Seurat, C歋zanne, and Gauguin - and how they responded to cultural and spiritual crisis in the avant-garde world. Boime reconsiders familiar masterpieces and draws analogies with literary sources and social, personal, and political strategies to produce revelations that have eluded most art historians'--Provided by publisher.