Van Gogh's Flowers

New
Hardcover
2008
$11.00

Van Gogh was inspired by the beauty and colours of nature. He brought this passion to life in some of the most vibrant depictions of the natural world ever put to canvas. This book takes a look at this side of the artist's life and work. It offers insight into the artist's unique vision with the help of his most beautiful paintings and excerpts from his own writings. We see that flowers such as the iris and the sunflower served as emblems of self-identity and that the fields were a testament to the cycle of life and a warning of the inevitability of death. The book offers a portrait of the joy and pleasure that Van Gogh experienced in his life and expressed with his brush.

Synopsis

Van Gogh was inspired by the beauty and colours of nature. He brought this passion to life in some of the most vibrant depictions of the natural world ever put to canvas. This book takes a look at this side of the artist's life and work. It offers insight into the artist's unique vision with the help of his most beautiful paintings and excerpts from his own writings. We see that flowers such as the iris and the sunflower served as emblems of self-identity and that the fields were a testament to the cycle of life and a warning of the inevitability of death. The book offers a portrait of the joy and pleasure that Van Gogh experienced in his life and expressed with his brush.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 96
Edition: New Hardback Edition (PLC cover, no jacket)
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Published: 11 Sep 2008
ISBN 10: 0711229082
ISBN 13: 9780711229082
Book Overview: - A selection of more than 40 of Van Gogh's most vibrant flower paintings - Extracts from Van Gogh's own writings on his subjects - Published in a new hardback gift edition

Media Reviews

The accessible style and lovingly reproduced paintings mean this is not just a book for art buffs. Amateur Gardening

Author Bio

DEBRA N. MANCOFF is an art historian and the author of more than twenty books on European and American art and culture. She lectures regularly at many of the major museums in the United States and Great Britain. Based in Chicago, she is a Scholar-in-Residence at the Newberry Library.