Among postimpressionist painters, Van Gogh, Seurat, C zanne, and Gauguin produced a remarkable body of work that responded to a cultural and spiritual crisis in the avant-garde world--influences that pushed them toward an increasing reliance on science, literature, and occultism. In Revelation of Modernism, renowned art historian Albert Boime reappraises specific works by these masters from a perspective more appreciative of the individuals'...