IDENTITY
Letter 638 — Literature as a Lens for Landscape
Arles, 1888
Content Summary
9–10 Jul 1888, Arles. Van Gogh explicitly compares the overgrown garden at Montmajour with the Paradou in Zola's La Faute de l'abbé Mouret.
CONTEXT
Topics
Landscape, Literature, Perception, Zola, Montmajour
Materials & Pigments
Related People
Vincent van Gogh, Émile Zola
Paintings
RESEARCH
Quotation
Research Focus
Van Gogh compares the overgrown garden at Montmajour with Zola’s Paradou, showing a literary image operating as a perceptual and imaginative reference through which he experiences an actual landscape.
Related Work / Relevance
SOURCES & EVIDENCE
Source Type
Letter
Source
Source Edition
Vincent van Gogh — The Letters, scholarly online edition (Van Gogh Museum / Huygens ING)
Source URL
Evidence Type
Primary Source, Scholarly Annotation
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