Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart

<p>Beyond a mere introduction to great art, <em>Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart</em> is about loving to learn what art has to teach us about the wonder and struggle of being alive.</p><p>Did you know that:</p><ul><li>Vincent van Gogh''s attempt to start an artist''s colony with Paul Gauguin lasted only nine weeks, ending in his infamous "ear episode"?</li><li>Pablo Picasso was a prime suspect in the disappearance of the Mona Lisa?</li><li>Artemisia Gentileschi was tortured with thumbscrews to verify her testimony at her own rapist''s trial?</li><li>Norman Rockwell''s critics said his work would never be accepted as "high art"--and he agreed?</li></ul><p>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.</p><p>In <em>Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart</em>, Russ Ramsey digs into these artists'' stories