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Van Gogh's Progress: Utopia, Modernity, and Late-Nineteenth-Century Art (California Studies in the History of Art, 36) |
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The most interesting aspect of this study is its refusal to focus on Vincent van Gogh as a tortured romantic hero; instead, van Gogh is discussed in the terms of a 19th-century professional artist. As the subtitle suggests, Carol Zemel, who is the author of two other books on the artist, attempts here to illustrate how van Gogh attempted to live out his artistic ideals in his real life, using evidence from his writings as well as his visual work. This is not your typical splashy coffee-table book laden with colorful reproductions of van Gogh's paintings; there are only 14 color plates, and more than 150 black-and-white illustrations. Despite its lack of color, this book is a rare and pleasing combination of scholarship and storytelling. Zemel explores issues relevant to any artist living and working at the time: gender issues, class, the emerging art market, and the artist's role in a modern metropolis, all the while bringing the mysterious figure of van Gogh vividly to life.
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