Van Gogh: The Life

图书标准信息

• 作者 Steven Naifeh 著
• 出版社 Random House Publishing Group
• 出版时间 2012-12
• ISBN 9780375758973
• 定价 279.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 976页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

StevenNaifehandGregoryWhiteSmith,whogalvanizedreaderswiththeirPulitzerPrize–winningbiographyofJacksonPollock,havewrittenanothertourdeforce—anexquisitelydetailed,compellinglyreadableportraitofVincentvanGogh.WorkingwiththefullcooperationoftheVanGoghMuseuminAmsterdam,NaifehandSmithhaveaccessedawealthofpreviouslyuntappedmaterialstobringacrucialunderstandingtothelarger-than-lifemythologyofthisgreatartist:hisearlystrugglestofindhisplaceintheworld;hisintenserelationshipwithhisbrotherTheo;andhismovetoProvence,wherehepaintedsomeofthebest-lovedworksinWesternart.TheauthorsalsoshednewlightonmanyunexploredaspectsofVanGogh’sinnerworld:hiserraticandtumultuousromanticlife;hisboutsofdepressionandmentalillness;andthecloudycircumstancessurroundinghisdeathattheageofthirty-seven.

ThoughcountlessbookshavebeenwrittenaboutVanGogh,noserious,ambitiousexaminationofhislifehasbeenattemptedinmorethanseventyyears.NaifehandSmithhavere-createdVanGogh’slifewithanastoundingvividnessandpsychologicalacuitythatbringacompletelynewandsympatheticunderstandingtothisuniqueartisticgenius.

NEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLER

PraiseforVanGogh:TheLife

“Magisterial.”—MichikoKakutani,TheNewYorkTimes

“Thisgeneration’sdefinitiveportraitofthegreatDutchpost-Impressionist.”—Time

“Atourdeforce...anenormousachievement...Readinghislifestoryislikeridinganendlessrollercoasterofdelusionalhighsandlows....[A]sweepinglyauthoritative,astonishinglytexturedbook.”—LosAngelesTimes

“Marvelous...[VanGogh]readslikeanovel,fullofsuspenseandintimatedetail....Inbeautifulprose,NaifehandSmithargueconvincinglyforasubtler,morerealisticevaluationofVanGogh,andweallwin.”—TheWashingtonPost

“Brilliant...Atonceamodelofscholarshipandanemotive,pacychunkofhagiography.”—TheDailyTelegraph(London)

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【作者简介】

StevenNaifehandGregoryWhiteSmitharegraduatesofHarvardLawSchool.Mr.Naifeh,whohaswrittenforartperiodicalsandhaslecturedatnumerousmuseumsincludingtheNationalGalleryofArt,studiedarthistoryatPrincetonanddidhisgraduateworkattheFoggArtMuseumofHarvardUniversity.Togethertheyhavewrittenmanybooksonartandothersubjects,includingfourNewYorkTimesbestsellers.TheirbiographyJacksonPollock:AnAmericanSagawonthePulitzerPrizeandwasafinalistfortheNationalBookAward.ItalsoinspiredtheAcademyAward–winning2000filmPollockstarringEdHarrisandMarciaGayHardenaswellasJohnUpdike’snovel,SeekMyFace.NaifehandSmithhavebeenprofiledinTheNewYorker,TheNewYorkTimes,USAToday,andPeople,andhaveappearedon60Minutes,TheOprahWinfreyShow,LarryKingLive,CharlieRose,andtheTodayshow.