An essay that renews the study of Gauguin, highlighting the consistency that connects the entire production of the painter, based on his exploration of the relationship between perception, cognition and imagination, and that connects his interests in psychology, ethnology, history of religion and the natural sciences, not to mention the art of all times and all cultures.
Dario Gamboni (born 1954 in Yverdon, Switzerland) is Professor of Art History at the University of Geneva.