|
KMID : 1147820220110020123
|
|
Journal of Naturopathy
2022 Volume.11 No. 2 p.123 ~ p.135
|
|
|
A Hypothesis Study on the Physiological, Psychotic, and Psychological Factors of Vincent van Gogh's Yellow Expression
|
|
Oh Seoung-Jin
Ryu Jung-Mi
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Abstract Background: The study aims to examine what color representation means to artists by investigating various hypotheses about van Gogh’s expression of yellow and verifying the reason of his preference of yellow.
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate whether yellow expression of Vincent van Gogh is a result of physiological responses of alcoholism, expression feature of mental disorder, or a problem caused by psychological motivation.
Methods: In order to verify the research question, we referred to research literatures that analyzed a characteristics of Gogh's works in a various area such as psychology and psychiatry, and Gogh's symptoms and his own skills.
Results: The findings suggested that Gogh’s yellow preference is related to the psychological factors such as inner motivation, not a xanthopsia which is brought about alcoholism and mental disorder.
Conclusions: Gogh’s Yellow expression is dominantly influenced by the psychological factors. Thus, it can say that the psychological factors has a great on characteristic of artist’s color expression.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Vincent van Gogh, Color Psychology, Yellow
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|
|