IDENTITY
Bel-Ami
Literature
Work Summary
Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant is a novel following the ambitious journalist Georges Duroy as he rises through Parisian society by exploiting charm, relationships and the press. The story exposes the connections among journalism, money, politics, sexuality and social advancement.
Evidence Summary
Van Gogh recalls illuminated Paris at night in Bel-Ami and says it is something like the subject he has just painted.
Explicit literature–artwork/context association with contemporary night illumination.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Guy de Maupassant
Work
Bel-Ami
Years / Period
Sep 1888
Van Gogh Relation
Read, Compared / Connected
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
something like the same subject that I’ve painted just now
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
Sep 1888 — Letter 678
Read / associated with current painting subject
something like the same subject that I’ve painted just now
Response: Van Gogh recalls illuminated Paris at night in Bel-Ami and says it is something like the subject he has just painted.
Connection: Explicit literature–artwork/context association with contemporary night illumination.
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