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The Artist and His Letters
Nienke Bakker, Leo Jansen
ISBN: 9781905711604
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Royal Academy of Arts
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Vincent van Gogh is one of the greatest figures in Western art. Revered for his bold, expressive paintings, he is also admired as a prodigious and eloquent letter writer. His correspondence displays a remarkable literary gift and an ability to communicate his ideas and feelings about nature, art and life in direct, emotive language. Illustrated with works of art and letters that demonstrate Van Gogh's abiding preoccupations …
Vincent van Gogh is one of the greatest figures in Western art. Revered for his bold, expressive paintings, he is also admired as a prodigious and eloquent letter writer. His correspondence displays a remarkable literary gift and an ability to communicate his ideas and feelings about nature, art and life in direct, emotive language. Illustrated with works of art and letters that demonstrate Van Gogh's abiding preoccupations - the role of colour in painting, portraiture and the cycles of nature, for example - this fascinating book explores the correspondence as a self-portrait of the artist and the man. The letter-sketches that he used to describe completed works or those in progress are reproduced alongside the paintings or drawings on which they are based, providing a unique insight into his artistic development. Drawing on new and extensive research, leading authorities on Van Gogh reveal how the letters enhance and shape our view of this modern master.
| ISBN | 1905711603 | | Pages | 304 | | ISBN13 | 9781905711604
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 1820 | | Publisher | Royal Academy of Arts | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Royal Academy of Arts | | Height (mm) | 270 | | Format | Hardback | | Width (mm) | 245 | | Publication date | 11 Jan 2010 | | Spine width (mm) | 36 | | DEWEY | 759.9492 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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| | | President's Foreword | | 6 | | | | Van Gogh's Letters: Windows to a Universe by Nienke Bakker and Leo Jansen and Hans Luijten | | 14 | | | | Catalogue by Teio Meedendorp and Aukje Vergeest and Roelie Zwikker and Ann Dumas | | | | 1 | | Dutch Landscape by Ann Dumas | | 30 | | 2 | | 'Wrestling with the Figures' by Nienke Bakker | | 62 | | 3 | | Colour and Japonisme by Nienke Bakker | | 92 | | 4 | | The Modern Portrait by Ann Dumas | | 124 | | 5 | | The Revelation of the South by Leo Jansen | | 154 | | 6 | | Cycles of Nature by Nienke Bakker | | 194 | | 7 | | Art and Literature by Ann Dumas | | 220 | | 8 | | The Sacrifice for Art by Leo Jansen | | 236 | | | | Chronology by Sarah Lea | | 284 | | | | Bibliographic Sources | | 294 | | | | Lenders to the Exhibition | | 297 | | | | List of Unillustrated Works | | 298 | | | | Photographic Acknowledgements | | 298 | | | | Index | | 299 |
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