books.google.com.ph - The image of the great artist as a suffering visionary is a recent invention, observes sociologist Nathalie Heinich--an invention rooted in the "canonization" of Vincent van Gogh as a cultural hero for the twentieth century. Heinich explores how and why the impoverished and mentally tormented van Gogh...http://books.google.com.ph/books/about/The_Glory_of_Van_Gogh.html?hl=tl&id=SyFrGApInOEC&q=martyrdom&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Glory of Van Gogh
