Spirit of the Dead Watching
... that the strong colors in Paul Gauguin's Spirit of the Dead Watching are symbolic of the native Polynesian belief that phosphorescent lights were manifestations of the spirits of the dead?
... that the strong colors in <a href="./Paul_Gauguin" id="mwBBw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Paul Gauguin">Paul Gauguin</a>'s <i id="mwBB0"><b id="mwBB4"><a href="./Spirit_of_the_Dead_Watching" id="mwBB8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Spirit of the Dead Watching">Spirit of the Dead Watching</a></b></i> <i id="mwBCA">(pictured)</i> are symbolic of the <a href="./Ghosts_in_Polynesian_culture" id="mwBCE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ghosts in Polynesian culture">native Polynesian belief</a> that <a href="./Phosphorescence" id="mwBCI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Phosphorescence">phosphorescent</a> lights were manifestations of the spirits of the dead?