Music as a Sensemaking Component of the Van Gogh Myth

Abstract

The article considers the special status of music as the ontological basis of Vincent Van Gogh's art. Two main aspects are characterized: firstly, the artist's thoughts on the music of painting, which are determined by his desire to assimilate the most important aesthetic ideas of the epoch; secondly, the specific properties of painting, that allow to achieve a specific musicality of canvases.

Keywords

Vincent Van Gogh, musicality of painting, Charles Blanc, the low of complementary colors, signification in art