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Van Gogh
Bruce Bernard
$15.99
ISBN: 0789448785
Format: Hardcover
 
Pub Date: 09/01/1999
Publisher: DK Publishing
Shipping Weight: 1.11lbs
   
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This has all the qualities you expect from a DK title: excellent photography, historical artifacts, lots of color plates & artwork. But text of this volume is equally impressive. The author tells the story of Vincent's life, and correlates his experiences with the art he was producing. Vincent's family and his Christian faith (and later despair) are reflected in his changing approach to drawing and painting. Van Gogh is one of the most fascinating artists of the 20th century. Studying his style closely will make you appreciate him all the more.

Explore Vincent van Gogh's life and art, and the influences that shaped his work

Discover the tragic genius of Vincent van Gogh with this beautiful and highly informative guide that tells the fascinating story of his life and work. Superb specially commissioned photographs show the methods and materials van Gogh used to create his masterpieces, while art expert Bruce Bernard offers a rare "eyewitness" view into the painter's distinctive canvases and the complex character behind them. See van Gogh's striking use of color and texture, the originality and expressiveness of his techniques, the masters that inspired him, and the work he produced during his madness. Learn of young Vincent's painful unrequited love, how poverty and illness added to his despair, how we won Monet's praise and influenced Toulouse-Lautrec, and about van Gogh's interest in Japan. Discover the astonishing speed at which van Gogh painted, the crisis that caused him to cut off part of his ear, his friendships with other artists, including Paul Gauguin, and much, much more.
 
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