| Description |
191 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
"This catalogue is published in conjunction with Van Gogh's Cypresses, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from May 22, 2023, through August 27, 2023."--Colophon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-183) and index. |
| Contents |
Directors' foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Note to the reader -- Introduction / Susan Alyson Stein -- The roots of his invention : Arles, February 1888-May 1889 / Susan Alyson Stein -- The making of a signature motif : Saint-Rémy, May-September 1889 / Susan Alyson Stein -- Untangling nature : Van Gogh's materials and process / Charlotte Hale and Silvia A. Centeno -- Signing off in style : Saint-Rémy, October 1889-May 1890 / Susan Alyson Stein -- Offshoots : the literary and artistic context / Alison Hokanson ; with the assistance of Marina Kliger -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Exhibition checklist -- Index -- Photography credits |
| Summary |
This groundbreaking study of paintings and drawings of cypress trees by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is the first to focus on the artist's unique treatment of this subject. Challenging prevailing views about the artist's preoccupation with the flamelike trees that played such an important role in the works made in the South of France near the end of his life, Susan Alyson Stein retraces Van Gogh's progressive exploration of the subject from ink on paper to such iconic canvases as Starry Night (1889) and Wheat Field with Cypresses (1889). Drawing on new research, this richly illustrated publication explores the expressive force, symbolic meaning, and stylistic ambition of these pictures, illuminating the backstory of their invention. Excerpts from nineteenth-century poetry, novels, and travel writing, many translated into English for the first time, offer a rich and resonant context for these images. The volume also includes a scientific study of The Met's Cypresses (1889) and Wheat Field with Cypresses that provides fresh insights into the artist's process. Exhibition: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA (15.05-27.08.2023). |
| Subject |
Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890 -- Exhibitions.
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Cypress -- In art -- Exhibitions.
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Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890. (OCoLC)fst00032032
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs. (OCoLC)fst01424028
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| Added Author |
Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890, artist.
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Hale, Charlotte, 1959- contributor.
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Centeno, Silvia A., contributor.
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Hokanson, Alison, contributor.
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Kliger, Marina, contributor.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.
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| ISBN |
9781588397591 (hardcover) |
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1588397599 (hardcover) |
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