Preview | Van Gogh’s Ear
Preview: Season 16 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
What did Van Gogh really do on the night of December 23, 1888, in the town of Arles?
The moment when Vincent van Gogh looked into a mirror, held up a blade and cut into his own ear defines his turbulent life and art. But what did he really do on the night of December 23, 1888, in the town of Arles? What was his state of mind? No one has been clear on the details... until now. Bernadette Murphy has spent five years piecing together a meticulous picture of his life in Arles.
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Preview | Van Gogh’s Ear
Preview: Season 16 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
The moment when Vincent van Gogh looked into a mirror, held up a blade and cut into his own ear defines his turbulent life and art. But what did he really do on the night of December 23, 1888, in the town of Arles? What was his state of mind? No one has been clear on the details... until now. Bernadette Murphy has spent five years piecing together a meticulous picture of his life in Arles.
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- He could, in a single day, make a great painting that is so intense and so iconic.
- [Narrator] Everyone knows the story of the moment of madness.
- The little sketch of an ear.
"The ear was cut with a razor."
- [Narrator] But what really happened that dark night?
- I kept finding holes in the official version, things that didn't make sense.
- [Narrator] "Van Gogh's Ear," on "Secrets of the Dead."
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Clip: S16 Ep2 | 3m 18s | Paul Gauguin took up residence at the Yellow House. (3m 18s)
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Clip: S16 Ep2 | 3m 8s | Who was Vincent van Gogh? How did his career as an artist start? (3m 8s)
Why did Vincent van Gogh cut his ear?
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Clip: S16 Ep2 | 3m 40s | Did he cut off his whole ear? (3m 40s)
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Clip: S16 Ep2 | 2m 54s | Vincent began to paint obsessively at the Yellow House. (2m 54s)
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