{"product_id":"16051-vincent-van-gogh","title":"Vincent van Gogh","description":"\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=2\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eThe most famous painting by Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) is no doubt \u003cEM\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans\"\u003eThe Starry Night,\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/EM\u003e which he produced in June 1889. A vibrant picture rendered in expressive, short brushstrokes, it portrays both cypress trees and flames rising up into a nighttime sky full of stars.\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"\u003e The artist set himself the seemingly paradoxical task of \u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003edepicting night by means of light, even though, by all appearances, the lack of light is precisely what distinguishes night from day. In pursuing this endeavor, he adhered to the Impressionist technique of “translating” light into mixtures of colors. At the same time, he attempted to give “his” works a very personal, metaphorical meaning far beyond superficial visual appearances.\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=2\u003eBoth of Van Gogh’s artistic ideas are united in his enormously appealing nocturnal images—paintings and drawings alike. This volume offers a comprehensive survey of all of his nighttime landscapes and interiors from all phases of his oeuvre, in which the artist demonstrates his mastery in rendering the effects of natural and artificial light on the surrounding world.\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=2\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=2\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003cFONT size=2\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=2\u003eExhibition schedule:\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"st1\" \/\u003e\u003cst1:city w:st=\"on\"\u003eMuseum of Modern Art\u003c\/st1:city\u003e , \u003cst1:state w:st=\"on\"\u003eNew York\u003c\/st1:state\u003e, September 21, 2008–January 5, 2009 · \u003cst1:placename w:st=\"on\"\u003eVan Gogh\u003c\/st1:placename\u003e \u003cst1:placetype w:st=\"on\"\u003eMuseum\u003c\/st1:placetype\u003e, \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:city w:st=\"on\"\u003eAmsterdam\u003c\/st1:city\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e, February 13–June 7, 2009\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt\"\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44873343435016,"sku":"9783775722650","price":29.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775722650_d520129c-d448-4687-b2cc-2675676c12d9.jpg?v=1744145392","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/16051-vincent-van-gogh","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}