Taschen Van Gogh

I have always been fascinated about art and paintings but mostly about people who are curator of thos paintings and about their life and this book has got all covered im recommending this book to every art lover must buy.

Good book to start your collection of art books from. Loved the paintings in this one. Love the way the writing and the paintings are arrranged.And the way its written .Just what I was looking for.Not too much of a buography more on the growth of the arist

Too good

The detailed information of van gogh's life and painting

I bought Monet and Van Gogh(two of my favourite painters) Must say, amazing books, with a timeline of events related to the works of these artistes. Must buy for Any particular art enthusiasts or anyone looking to learn about any particular artist or style or history in general:)

Rich paper quality and the illustrations are lovely.

Love the book, contains almost all his works, print quality is good and serves as a very good introduction to art novices.

I like it and good addition to my coffee table

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Gostei muito, o livro é lindo! Eu adoro o Van Gogh, pra mim é significativo.

Fast delivery! Super love this!

Got this for my girlfriend as she’s a very big art fan. She loves the book. Great quality no complaints.

Probably everyone has a favorite Vincent Van Gogh painting. We have a hand-painted reproduction of "Starry Night" in our living room. The original was painted in 1889, the year before the troubled artist's death. There are a lot of paintings from which to pick a favorite, as Van Gogh has some 200 extant works. This book is an Introduction to Vincent, so it does not have pictures of his every drawing and painting. But there's still a lot of illustrations. I counted 27 full-page photos of his works, with 44 smaller photos and one 2-page spread of the 1887 "Four Cut Sunflowers". This close-up makes you feel like you can see him make the bold brush-strokes. There are also 13 supporting photos , such as the studio portrait of Vincent when he was 13 years old. The book presents Van Gogh and his paintings in chronological order and covers what is happening in his life as well as discussing the paintings themselves. I knocked half a star off in my rating due to a few lapses into what I call "art-speak". From Chapter 2, "Apprenticeship Years in Paris", a paragraph on the painting "Still Life with Mackerels, Lemons and Tomatoes": "The inexplicable nature of the interrelationship of space, the blurred borders between table, tomatoes and jug, one behind the other, point towards the influence of Japanese prints, in which the spatial continuum is at odds with the ornamental surface." Fortunately, the text is mostly more accessible to the non-art historian or art critic. And there is a lot of interesting stuff to read about how and why he painted. Vincent wasn't a slap-dash painter. He studied color theory and symbolism. Here's Vincent's own description of the 1888 painting, "The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night": "A gigantic yellow lamp lights up the terrace, the house fronts and the pavement, and casts out its light onto the street cobbles, which take on a pink violet colouring. The house façades in the street, under a blue starry sky, are dark blue or violet, in front a green tree. There you have it – a night painting without having used the colour black." Trivia: No matter how you pronounce "van Gogh", someone will think you're saying it wrong. That's because it's generally pronounced differently in different countries. To confuse everybody, we can try to approximate the Dutch pronunciation: v = a cross between an f and a v an = ahwn g = almost an h, half-swallow an h in the back of the throat ogh = rhymes with the Scottish LOCH Put it together: vin-sent-fawn-hoch! This is the 2nd book I've purchased in the Taschen "Basic Art Series 2.0". The first was on Vermeer, Vermeer (Basic Art Series 2.0) , which was excellent. The series was first published in 1986 and now has almost 200 titles. The 2.0 refers to the 2nd editions, rolled out for the series' 30th anniversary. I enjoyed this book a lot, 4.5 stars rounded up to 5. Which artist in the series shall I get next?! Happy Reader