Publisher's Synopsis
The five-year span from 1886-1890 marked the high point (and end point) of Vincent Van Gogh's art career, providing unparalleled paintings from a troubled genius. It was to be an age of post-Impressionistic color, form and wonderment the art world discovered only after the master's death. Bouts of anxiety, mental illness and epilepsy may have tormented him and brought about his suicide at the age of 37. But they may also have been catalysts for an emotionality and vibrancy in his art that reveal, particularly in his self-portraits, a turbulent search for grace. This large-format volume displays 42 Van Gogh portraits and self-portraits in a digitally restored state: their eye-popping brilliance and vitality are just as on the day Vincent Van Gogh finished them. Unless otherwise noted, they were originally oil paintings on canvas. Are you tired of buying or borrowing art books for the art more than the words only to find small reproductions and humongous commentaries? You've come to the right space. Here you'll enjoy full-page color explosions of Van Gogh's portraiture.Note: These images exhibit stunningly in full color with Kindle readers and inside Kindle apps for computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones and other devices, but they also render beautifully in optimized gray-scale tones for black-and-white Kindle readers.
