Happiness: 25 Ways to Live Joyfully Through Art
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (696 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1846045053 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-07 |
| Language | : | French |
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He is the author of Looking at Mindfulness: Twenty-five Paintings to Change the Way You Live and Feelings & Moods.. About the AuthorChristophe André is a psychiatrist, one of the most prominent French specialists in the psychology of emotions and feelings
Christophe André is a psychiatrist, one of the most prominent French specialists in the psychology of emotions and feelings. He is the author of Looking at Mindfulness: Twenty-five Paintings to Change the Way You Live and Feelings & Moods.
What does happiness look like? For over 2,000 years philosophers have searched for it, scientists have studied it—and great artists have captured it in paint. Drawing upon his groundbreaking 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 colors of happiness in their art, alongside its inseparable shadow, sadness. This beautiful book explains how to look at a painting and let the picture speak and live within us. In this way, each painting holds a life-changing lesson, helpin