Reviews Deborah Silverman's 'Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Search for Sacred Art' (2000) and 'Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South' (2001), by Douglas W. Druick, Peter Kort Zegers, and Britt Salvesen. Both books focus on the period in 1888 when the two artists lived in Arles, France. Silverman's book focuses on demythologizing this period in the artists' lives, citing their religious upbringings as major forces in their work. For Vincent van Gogh, his Dutch Reformed Protestantism found the divine in nature. For Paul Gauguin, Roman Catholicism informed his explorations on canvas of sin and redemption. Druick's book claims the van Gogh-Gauguin collaboration affected the development of both of their styles. It is a comprehensive work, heavy on biographical background and technical investigations.