The Sociogenesis of Vincent van Gogh's Fundamental Artistic Disposition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2412652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Will Atkinson (0000-0002-1032-1241, University of Bristol, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 123-138 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cultural Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-9755 • E-ISSN: 1749-9763 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1749975520916643 |
| OpenAlex | W3009442368 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 25 |
Vincent van Gogh is one of the most well-known and influential artists in the western tradition. A sociological analysis of his creative practice, therefore, not only illuminates particularly consequential interventions in the history of art, with its knock-on effects for cultural consumption, but affords an opportunity for deepening our understanding of cultural production per se. At stake, I argue, is a fundamental artistic disposition - in this case, an aesthetic orientation toward nature and sentiment - persisting through, if not underpinning, changes of style. This article reconstructs the myriad forces involved in the genesis of this disposition in van Gogh's early years. It draws upon the conceptual tools of Pierre Bourdieu to do so, but goes beyond them by stressing the importance of familial heritage and 'second order' field effects in shaping the young van Gogh's aesthetic sympathies, long before he briefly entered the French artistic field in his final year of life
Aesthetics · Art · Disposition · Epistemology · Literature · Sociology · Underpinning · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics
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The field of cultural production
The Modern World-System II
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Culture, Class, Distinction
The Dutch Republic
The field of Cultural Production
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Bourdieu's Theory of Social Fields
The Rules of Art
The Logic of Practice
The State Nobility
Sociological biography and socialisation process
Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture
Theory, culture and society
Reproduction in education, society, and culture
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Franz Kafka
Genèse et structure du champ religieux
From Ruling Class to Field of Power
Global Fields and Imperial Forms
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |