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Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart: What Art Teaches Us About the Wonder and Struggle of Being Alive Audiobook, by Russ Ramsey Play Audiobook Sample

Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart: What Art Teaches Us About the Wonder and Struggle of Being Alive Audiobook

Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart: What Art Teaches Us About the Wonder and Struggle of Being Alive Audiobook, by Russ Ramsey Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Kaleo Griffith Publisher: Zondervan Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 4.17 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.13 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: October 2024 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780310155591

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

16

Longest Chapter Length:

41:40 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

09 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

23:14 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

3

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Publisher Description

Beyond a mere introduction to great art, Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart is about loving to learn what art has to teach us about the wonder and struggle of being alive.

Did you know that:

  • Vincent van Gogh's attempt to start an artist's colony with Paul Gauguin lasted only nine weeks, ending in his infamous "ear episode"?
  • Pablo Picasso was a prime suspect in the disappearance of the Mona Lisa?
  • Artemisia Gentileschi was tortured with thumbscrews to verify her testimony at her own rapist's trial?
  • Norman Rockwell's critics said his work would never be accepted as "high art"--and he agreed?

 

These stories--and many more--shaped the work these artists left behind. In their art are lessons common to the human experience about the wonder and struggle of being alive: dreams lost, perspectives changed, and humility derived through suffering.??

In Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart, Russ Ramsey digs into these artists' stories for readers who may be new to art, as well as for lifelong students of art history, to mine the transcendent beauty and hard lessons we can take from their masterpieces and their lives. Each story from some of the history's most celebrated artists applies the beauty of the gospel in a way that speaks to the suffering and hope we all face.

Images, appendixes 2 and 3, and a selected bibliography can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download

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About Russ Ramsey

Russ Ramsey is a pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee. He studied at Taylor University and Covenant Theological Seminary (MDiv, ThM).

About Kaleo Griffith

Kaleo Griffith is an Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator and classically trained actor. He graduated cum laude from Franklin Pierce University with a BA in theater, holds an MFA in acting from Rutgers University, and is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He has appeared in such television series as Law & Order and Reggie’s Family & Friends, among others.