Screen LibraryHappiness : 25 ways to live joyfully through art /
"Drawing upon his ground-breaking work in the psychology of happiness and mindfulness, Christophe André shares 25 paintings by a wide range of masters, including Van Gogh, Vermeer and Chagall, and invites us to consider how they capture the many colours of happiness in their art, alongside its...
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Rider Books,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
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English French |
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"Drawing upon his ground-breaking work in the psychology of happiness and mindfulness, Christophe André shares 25 paintings by a wide range of masters, including Van Gogh, Vermeer and Chagall, and invites us to consider how they capture the many colours of happiness in their art, alongside its inseparable shadow, sadness"--Back cover. |
| Carrier Form: | 216 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781846045059 (paperback) : 1846045053 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | BF575 |
| CLC: | B842.6-05 |
| Call Number: | B842.6-05/A555 |
| Contents: | Prelude: The enigma of happiness -- Morning: The birth of happiness. Powerful and fragile, like life itself ; Our earliest happiness ; The happiness of childhood ; Everyday happiness -- Midday: The plenitude of happiness. Like a force that will ... ; What makes for happiness? ; The intelligence of happiness ; The breath of love ; Only connect ; Happiness beyond ourselves -- Evening: The twilights of happiness. The melancholy of happiness ending ; Every happiness has an element of darkness ; The temptation of sorrow ; Entering the winter of happiness -- Night: Vanished happiness. The dark night of the soul ; The incandescent solitude of pain ; Stars in the night ; Reasons to fight on -- Dawn: The return of happiness. Happiness grows stronger ; Happiness regained ; Happiness is a long story ; The wisdom of happiness ; Eternal happiness? -- Taking flight: In the great wind of the world. |