Van Gogh up close [... publ. in conjunction with the exhibition "Van Gogh: Up Close", ... represented in Philadelphia from 1 February to 6 May 2012, and in Ottawa from 25 May to 3 September 2012]
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Sprache: | eng |
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New Haven, Conn. u.a.
Yale Univ. Press
2012
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Gogh, Vincent van
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index "This sumptuously illustrated book offers a completely new way of looking at the art of Vincent van Gogh, by exploring the artist's approach to nature through his innovative use of the close-up view. Focusing on the last years of the artist's career--from 1886 until his death in July 1890--an international team of leading scholars in the field examines Van Gogh's radical approach to the close-up and sets it in the context of contemporary and historical references, such as his hitherto unrecognized use of photography and his fascination with the Old Masters and with Japanese art and culture.One hundred key paintings dating from his arrival in Paris in 1886 to the end of his career show how Van Gogh experimented with unusual visual angles and the decorative use of color, cropping, and the flattening of his compositions. In some paintings he zoomed in on a tuft of grass or a single budding iris, while depicting shifting views of a field"" |
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Beschreibung: | XVII, 288 S. zahlr. Ill. |
ISBN: | 9780300181296 978-0-300-18129-6 9780888848956 978-0-88884-895-6 |