| Description |
xiii, 953 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits, maps, genealogical tables ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
pt. ONE The Early Years, 1853--1880 -- ch. 1 Dams And Dikes -- ch. 2 An Outpost On The Heath -- ch. 3 A Strange Boy -- ch. 4 God And Money -- ch. 5 The Road To Rijswijk -- ch. 6 The Exile -- ch. 7 Imitation Of Christ -- ch. 8 Pilgrim's Progress -- ch. 9 O Jerusalem, O Zundert -- ch. 10 Head To The Wind -- ch. 11 "Dat Is Het" -- ch. 12 The Black Country -- ch. 13 The Land Of Pictures -- pt. TWO The Dutch Years, 1880--1886 -- ch. 14 Hearts Of Ice -- ch. 15 Aimer Encore -- ch. 16 A Draftsman's Fist -- ch. 17 My Little Window -- ch. 18 Orphan Man -- ch. 19 Jacob And Esau -- ch. 20 Castles In The Air -- ch. 21 The Prisoner -- ch. 22 La Joie De Vivre -- ch. 23 The Waternix -- ch. 24 A Grain Of Madness -- ch. 25 In One Rush -- ch. 26 Lost Illusions -- pt. THREE The Trench Years, 1886--1890 -- ch. 27 Against The Grain -- ch. 28 The Zemganno Brothers -- ch. 29 Catch And Release -- ch. 30 A Mercenary Frenzy -- ch. 31 Le Paradou -- |
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ch. 32 The Sunflower And The Oleander -- ch. 33 The Poet's Garden -- ch. 34 Imaginary Savage -- ch. 35 La Lutte -- ch. 36 The Stranger -- ch. 37 Two Roads -- ch. 38 The Real South -- ch. 39 Starry Night -- ch. 40 The Isolated One -- ch. 41 "A Degenerate Child" -- ch. 42 The Garden And The Wheat Field -- ch. 43 Illusions Fade: The Sublime Remains |
| Summary |
Vincent van Gogh created some of the best loved - and most expensive - works of art ever made, from the early The Potato Eaters to his late masterpieces Sunflowers and The Starry Night. He had worked as an art dealer, a missionary and as a teacher in England, and only in his late twenties did he begin a life that would be fundamental in shaping modern art. But when he died in Auvers-sur-Oise in 1890 at the age of thirty-seven he was largely unknown.This book recreate his extraordinary life - and the inside of his troubled mind - like never before. Drawing for the first time on all of his (and his family's) extensive letters, which offer exquisite glimpses into his thoughts and feelings, this is the definitive portrait of one of the world's cultural giant |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
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Paperpack edition published 2012 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890.
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Artists -- Netherlands -- Biography.
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Painters -- Netherlands -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Smith, Gregory White.
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| ISBN |
1846680107 (hbk.) |
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1847653219 (ebook) |
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9781846680106 (hbk.) |
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9781846680250 (paperback) |
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9781847653215 (ebook) |
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