Van Gogh
The Life
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4.4 • 141개의 평가
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The definitive biography for decades to come.”—Leo Jansen, curator, the Van Gogh Museum, and co-editor of Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Letters
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.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • The Wall Street Journal • San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • The Economist • Newsday • BookReporter
“In their magisterial new biography, Van Gogh: The Life, Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith provide a guided tour through the personal world and work of that Dutch painter, shining a bright light on the evolution of his art. . . . What [the authors] capture so powerfully is Van Gogh’s extraordinary will to learn, to persevere against the odds.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
“Brilliant . . . Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith are the big-game hunters of modern art history. . . . [Van Gogh] rushes along on a tide of research. . . . At once a model of scholarship and an emotive, pacy chunk of hagiography.”—Martin Herbert, The Daily Telegraph (London)
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Color plates are in the book.
Check the table of contents.
Black and White
Best to avoid the e book in this case. Unless you want to experience Starry Night in BLACK AND WHITE. Not a single color plate in sight, and a fairly moronic oversight for a book of this kind. I'd grab a refund if I could.
VAN GOGH-THE LIFE
This is a brief review of the actual hardcover book itself and cannot address any of the flaw in the other versions. This is among the best biographies I have ever read. Seldom do I get a sense of time and place as most authors just unload a bag of facts and dates on the reader without making any of the subjects actually feel real. I have abandoned many a biography out of boredom--not for the subject but the lazy writing. The authors of Van Gogh--The Life makies the world of Vincent, Theo, and that time period very real. It reads more like a novel at times. Vincent was a person whom it is very hard to like and sympathize with at times as he is more concerned about getting money and art supplies from his brother and unconcerned with Theo's own struggle with money. Without spoiling anything the authors present an alternate theory of Vincent's death that contradicts the long standing theory of suicide. It is a great and sad book but worth reading for anyone interested in Van Gogh or art.