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Vincent van Gogh's story is one of the most ironic in art history.
Today, he is celebrated the world over as one of the most important
painters of all time, recognized with sell-out shows, feted
museums, and record prices of tens of millions of dollars at
auction. Yet as he was painting the canvases that would
subsequently become these sell-out modern masterpieces, van Gogh
was battling not only the disinterest of his contemporary audiences
but also devastating bouts of mental illness, with episodes of
depression and paralyzing anxiety which would eventually claim his
life in 1890, when he committed suicide shortly after his 37th
birthday. This comprehensive study of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
pairs a detailed monograph on his life and art with a complete
catalogue of his 871 paintings. About the series Bibliotheca
Universalis - Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic
TASCHEN universe!
For Marc Chagall (1887-1985), painting was an intricate tapestry of
dreams, tales, and traditions. His instantly recognizable visual
language carved out a unique early 20th-century niche, often
identified as one of the earliest expressions of psychic
experience. Chagall's canvases are characterized by loose
brushwork, deep colors, a particular fondness for blue, and a
repertoire of recurring tropes including musicians, roosters,
rooftops, flowers, and floating lovers. For all their ethereal
charms, his compositions were often rich and complex in their
references. They wove together not only colors and forms, but also
his Jewish roots with his present encounters in Paris, markers of
faith with gestures of love and symbols of hope with testimonies of
trauma. Across scenes of birth, love, marriage, and death, this
dependable artist introduction explores the many versions of
Chagall's rich vocabulary. From visions of his native Vitebsk in
modern-day Belarus to images of the Eiffel Tower, we explore the
unique aesthetic of one of the most readily identifiable modern
masters and one of the most influential Jewish artists of all time.
About the series Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has
evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published.
Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a detailed
chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist,
covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise
biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions
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Gauguin (Hardcover)
Ingo F Walther
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Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was not cut out for finance. Nor did he
last particularly long in the French Navy, or as a tarpaulin
salesman in Copenhagen who did not speak Danish. He began painting
in his spare time in 1873 and in 1876 took part in the Paris Salon.
Three years later, he was exhibiting alongside Pissarro, Degas, and
Monet. A querulous, hard-drinking individual, Gauguin often called
himself a savage. His close but fraught friendship with the
similarly temperamental Vincent van Gogh climaxed in a violent
incident in 1888, when van Gogh purportedly confronted Gauguin with
a razor blade, and later cut off his own ear. Shortly afterwards,
following the completion of a midcareer masterpiece Vision After
the Sermon (1888), Gauguin took himself to Tahiti, with the
intention of escaping "everything that is artificial and
conventional..." On Tahiti, Gauguin's unfettered joy in the
island's nature, native people, and figurative images soared,
spurring a prolific output of paintings and prints. In works such
as Woman with a Flower (Vahine no te Tiare, 1891) and Sacred
Spring: Sweet Dreams (Nave Nave Moe, 1894), he developed a
distinct, Primitivist style that positively oozed with sunshine and
color. In the tradition of exotic sensuality, his thick, buttery
lashings of paint lingered in particular over the curves of
Tahitian women. Gauguin died alone, on Tahiti's neighboring
Marquesas Islands, with many of his personal papers and belongings
dispersed in a local auction. It was not until a smart art dealer
began curating and showing Gauguin's work in Paris that the
artist's profound influence began making itself felt, especially to
the new breed of French avant-garde artists, such as Picasso and
Matisse.This book offers the essential introduction the artist's
truly colorful life, from the Impressionist salons of 1870s Paris
to his final days in the Pacific, productive and passionate to the
end. About the series Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has
evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published.
Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a detailed
chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist,
covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise
biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions
Today, the works of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) are among the most
well known and celebrated in the world. In Sunflowers, The Starry
Night, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, and many paintings and
drawings beyond, we recognize an artist uniquely dexterous in the
portrayal of mood and place through paint, pencil, charcoal, or
chalk. Yet as he was deploying the lurid colors, emphatic
brushwork, and contoured forms that would subsequently make his
name, van Gogh battled not only the disinterest of his contemporary
audience but also devastating bouts of mental illness. His episodes
of depression and anxiety would eventually claim his life, when, in
1890, he committed suicide shortly after his 37th birthday. This
richly illustrated introduction follows Vincent van Gogh's story
from his earliest pictures of peasants and rural workers, through
his bright Parisian period, to his final, feverish burst of
creative energy in the South of France during the last two and a
half years of his life. About the series Born back in 1985, the
Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book
collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series
features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre
of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical
importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with
explanatory captions
It was a dappled and daubed harbor scene that gave Impressionism
its name. When Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet was exhibited in
April 1874, critics seized upon the work's title and its loose
stylistic rendering of light and motion upon water to deride this
new, impressionistic tendency in art. As with many seminal art
movements, the critics got their comeuppance. Today, Impressionism
is close contender for the world's favorite period of painting.
With blockbuster exhibitions, record-breaking auction prices, and
packed museums, the works once dismissed as unfinished or imprecise
are now beloved for their atmospheric evocation of time and place,
as well as the stylistic flair of rapid brushstrokes upon canvas.
Despite its popularity and a whole host of publications, many areas
and artists of Impressionism remain inadequately researched. This
TASCHEN book fills the gap, raising the profile of unjustly
neglected pioneers such as Berthe Morisot, Lucien Pissarro, and
Gustave Caillebotte, while exploring the characteristics of
Impressionism, from painting en plein air to vivid color contrasts,
not only in the movement's native France but also across the rest
of Europe and North America. About the series Bibliotheca
Universalis - Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic
TASCHEN universe!
Today, the works of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) are among the most
well known and celebrated in the world. In paintings such as
Sunflowers, The Starry Night, and Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear,
we recognize an artist uniquely dexterous in the representation of
texture and mood, light and place. Yet in his lifetime, van Gogh
battled not only the disinterest of his contemporary audience but
also devastating bouts of mental illness. His episodes of
depression and anxiety would eventually claim his life, when, in
1890, he committed suicide shortly after his 37th birthday. This
comprehensive study of Vincent van Gogh offers a complete catalogue
of his 871 paintings, alongside writings and essays, charting the
life and work of a master who continues to tower over art to this
day.
Qui aurait donc bien pu prevoir, au soir du 31 decembre 1899, que
100 ans plus tard la peinture et la sculpture ne seraient plus des
supports incontournables, mais seulement possibles. Le mot "art" a
ete defini et redefini tant de fois ces 100 dernieres annees qu'il
s'est enrichi de connotations sociales, politiques et techniques
tout a fait nouvelles. Ce superbe ouvrage encyclopedique, tres
agreable a lire, couvre tout le spectre des disciplines
artistiques, dont la photographie et les nouveaux medias; organise
thematiquement par chapitre, pour mettre en evidence les relations
entre oeuvres et mouvements, il remplit parfaitement son objet. Que
vous recherchiez le surrealisme, le land art, le Fluxus ou le
Bauhaus, voici le guide qui vous dispense de tous les autres
ouvrages consacres a l'art du XXe siecle.
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