| Edition |
First U.S. Edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 953 pages : some colored illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 895-918) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: A fanatic heart -- The early years, 1853-1880 -- Dams and dikes -- An outpost on the heath -- A strange boy -- God and money -- The road to Rijswijk -- The exile -- Imitation of Christ -- Pilgrim's progress -- O Jerusalem, O Zundert -- Head to the wind -- "Dat is het" -- The black country -- The land of pictures -- The Dutch years, 1880-1886 -- Hearts of ice -- Aimer encore -- A draftsman's fist -- My little window -- Orphan man -- Jacob and Esau -- Castles in the air -- The prisoner -- La joie de vivre -- The waternix -- A grain of madness -- In one rush -- Lost illusions --The French years, 1886-1890 -- Against the grain -- The Zemganno brothers -- Catch and release -- A mercenary frenzy -- Le paradou -- The sunflower and the oleander -- The poet's garden -- Imaginary savage -- La lutte -- The stranger -- Two roads -- The real south -- Starry night -- The isolated one -- "A degenerate child" -- The garden and the wheat field -- Illusions fade; the sublime remains -- Ici repose -- Appendix. A note on Vincent's fatal wounding. |
| Summary |
Draws on newly available primary sources to present an in-depth, accessible profile that offers revisionist assessments of the influential artist's turbulent life and genius works. |
| Subject |
Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890.
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Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890. |
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Artists -- Netherlands -- Biography.
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Artists. |
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Netherlands. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890 -- Psychology.
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Psychology. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Gregory White.
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| ISBN |
9780375507489 (acid-free paper) |
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0375507485 (acid-free paper) |
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9781588360472 (ebook) |
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1588360474 (ebook) |
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