To Better Understand Vincent : A Study of The Emotional Tone of Vincent Van Gogh's Letters to His Brother Theo: 1872-1890
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Résumé
Why would one study the correspondence of someone they wanted to understand better? According to Barnes (2018, p. 1), they would do this because "letters carry material traces of the emotions that motivated the writer" and also because letters "stand in for face-to-face communication with familiars". Barnes suggests that inkblots, torn pages, or hurried scrawls might provide clues as to the nature of the emotion in letters. The research described in this paper consults a different source: it looks for emotion in the words that letter-writers employ. This research analyzes the letters of the post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo and scores them for the emotional tone of their words and for word usage patterns. The paper describes three chapters in the painter's life between 1872 and his death in 1890 (outlined in Table Vincent Van Gogh fascinates. He commands attention. He did this in intense interactions with his family (Naifeh & White Smith, 2012, chapter 1), and in his collaborations and communications with fellow artists such as Paul Gauguin (chapter 31). Vincent's admirers affirm that his letters embody both great literature (Grant, 2016, p. xi; Roskill, 2008, p. 11) and an innovative theory of art (Roskill, 2008, p. 39). Vincent commanded attention by his art, making choices for form and color that were far from usual. More than a century after his death, Vincent continues to command attention by way of the Van Gogh Museum (vangoghmuseum.nl/en), and the many critical and analytical works written about him and his art and letters (e.g., When one encounters Vincent, it is difficult to look or listen briefly and then move on. The artist's compelling oeuvre and his absorbing life, which was lived dramatically and never lacked for conflict, entangle his audience. This article studies Vincent as a letter-writer, employing techniques that limit subjectivity in the interpretation of the letters' contents. It calls on a semiobjective scoring procedure (the Dictionary of Affect in Language; The research will examine the letters, not in terms of their details or meanings but rather in terms of their emotional flavours. Pleasantness and Activation are background characteristics of the letters: they describe whole letters in terms of a single score and report on their general emotional tone. The measure of Imagery quantifies the artist's language in terms of its
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Prédiction distillée sur la base complète
Imitation des enseignantsNi prévalence calibrée, ni vérité terrain. Validation humaine à venir. Apprise à partir de 10 348 étiquettes directes de Codex et de 10 348 étiquettes directes de Gemma. Le mode candidate est l'union des têtes enseignantes seuillées; le consensus est leur intersection. Ces sorties portent le statut machine_predicted_unvalidated et ne sont ni des étiquettes humaines ni des étiquettes directes de modèles de pointe.
Scores Codex et Gemma par catégorie
| Catégorie | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Métarecherche | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens strict) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens large) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Bibliométrie | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Études des sciences et des technologies | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Communication savante | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Science ouverte | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Intégrité de la recherche | 0,000 | 0,001 |
| Charge utile insuffisante (le modèle a refusé de juger) | 0,001 | 0,000 |
Scores machine (provisoires)
Les deux têtes enseignantes du modèle étudiant, lues sur ce travail. Un score ordonne la base pour la relecture; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie, et le statut de validation accompagne chaque rangée tel quel.
Scores de référence d'un modèle non mature (critères de maturité non atteints, 7 itérations). Un score ordonne; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · tel quel depuis la passe de notation : score_only signifie que le nombre peut ordonner les travaux, et qu'aucune étiquette de catégorie n'en découleClassification
machine, non validéePrédiction automatique; un appel candidat d’une seule tête enseignante, pas un consensus.
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