Bibliograph

Van Gogh, a power seething, Julian Bell

Type

Label

Van Gogh, a power seething, Julian Bell

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-163)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Van Gogh

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

898157349

Responsibility statement

Julian Bell

Series statement

Icons series

Sub title

a power seething

Summary

"'I believe in the absolute necessity of a new art of colour, of drawing and--of the artistic life, ' Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in 1888. 'And if we work in that faith, it seems to me that there's a chance that our hopes won't be in vain. 'His prediction would come true. In his brief and explosively creative life--he committed suicide a few years later at the age of thirty-seven--Van Gogh made us see the world in a new way. His shining landscapes of Provence and somber portraits of workers shattered the relationship between light and dark, and his hallucinatory visions were so bright they nearly blinded the world, "--Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Saint -- Sinner -- Dog -- Adventurer -- "Japan" -- Broken -- Notes

Target audience

adult

Classification