Includes discssion guide

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / by W. David O. Taylor -- Something utterly heartbroken : Gustave Doré and the beauty of sad stories in a complicated world -- Owning Mona Lisa : Leonardo's masterpiece and the desire to possess more than life can give -- Now let your servant go in peace : Rembrandt's Simeon in the Temple and the power of suffering -- The allegory of painting : Artemisia Gentileschi and inhabiting a discipline in an unjust world -- Keep them together : Joseph Mallord William Turner and the evolution of an inner life -- A sort of delightful horror : the Hudson River School, the beautiful, and the sublime -- The yellow house : Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and the sacred work of stewarding another's pain -- Cultivate your own half acre : Norman Rockwell and capturing a changing country -- Through a glass darkly : Jimmy Abegg, Edgar Degas, and learning to see as the world grows dim -- Our personal collections : Jeremiah's lament, the works we carry, and the words on which we rest -- Appendices. I don't like Donatello, and you can too -- A beginner's guide to symbols in art -- Lost, stolen, and recovered art -- Discussion guide -- Selected works.