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Van Gogh - The Life (Paperback) Loot Price: R774
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Van Gogh - The Life (Paperback)

Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith

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Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, who galvanized readers with their Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Jackson Pollock, have written another tour de force--an exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable portrait of Vincent van Gogh. Working with the full cooperation of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Naifeh and Smith have accessed a wealth of previously untapped materials to bring a crucial understanding to the larger-than-life mythology of this great artist: his early struggles to find his place in the world; his intense relationship with his brother Theo; and his move to Provence, where he painted some of the best-loved works in Western art. The authors also shed new light on many unexplored aspects of Van Gogh's inner world: his erratic and tumultuous romantic life; his bouts of depression and mental illness; and the cloudy circumstances surrounding his death at the age of thirty-seven.
Though countless books have been written about Van Gogh, no serious, ambitious examination of his life has been attempted in more than seventy years. Naifeh and Smith have re-created Van Gogh's life with an astounding vividness and psychological acuity that bring a completely new and sympathetic understanding to this unique artistic genius.
"NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER
Praise for "Van Gogh: The Life"
"Magisterial."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"This generation's definitive portrait of the great Dutch post-Impressionist."--"Time"
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"A tour de force . . . an enormous achievement . . . Reading his life story is like riding an endless roller coaster of delusional highs and lows. . . . A] sweepingly authoritative, astonishingly textured book."--"Los Angeles Times"
"Marvelous . . . "Van Gogh"] reads like a novel, full of suspense and intimate detail. . . . In beautiful prose, Naifeh and Smith argue convincingly for a subtler, more realistic evaluation of Van Gogh, and we all win."--"The Washington Post"
"Brilliant . . . At once a model of scholarship and an emotive, pacy chunk of hagiography."--"The Daily Telegraph "(London)
A "NEW YORK TIMES" NOTABLE BOOK
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "THE WASHINGTON POST - THE WALL STREET JOURNAL - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE" - NPR - "THE ECONOMIST - NEWSDAY" - BOOKREPORTER

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Imprint: Random House
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 2012
First published: December 2012
Authors: Steven Naifeh • Gregory White Smith
Dimensions: 233 x 155 x 44mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 953
ISBN-13: 978-0-375-75897-3
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Individual photographers
Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Individual architects
Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre
Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General
Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre
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LSN: 0-375-75897-6
Barcode: 9780375758973

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