Happiness
Subtitle: 25 ways to live joyfully through art
By: Christophe André ; translated by Trista Selous
Contributors: Selous, Trista, 1957-
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781846045059
Subjects: Appreciation; Happiness in art; Painting; Happiness
Work titles: De l'art du bonheur
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prelude: The enigma of happiness; title: Morning: The birth of happiness; title: Midday: The plentitude of happiness; title: Evening: The twilights of happiness; title: Night: Vanished happiness; title: Dawn: The return of happiness; title: Taking flight: In the great wind of the world.