Vincent van Gogh

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Vincent van Gogh

Title:

Vincent van Gogh

Author:

Zaczek, Iain, author.

Series:

Great artists.

Summary:

Starry Night is one of the most famous paintings known today. Vincent Van Goh s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear is also very recognizable, partly because of the story behind it. Readers are introduced to Van Gogh through biography and many of his works. Each of the featured paintings is shown in full color and details are brought to the reader s attention, such as the small signature Van Gogh put on the vase in Sunflowers. Readers learn all about Van Gogh s signature style of thick, paint-filled brushstrokes built upon each other in uneven layers. Then, they can learn to imitate him! Age Appropriate and Achievable Content, Cultural Background, Detailed Table of Contents, For Further Information Section, Glossary, Index, Sidebars.

Contents:

Life story -- How Van Gogh painted -- What came next? -- How to paint like Van Gogh.

Physical Description:

32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.

Genre:

Biographies.

Personal Subject:

Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890-Juvenile literature.

Subject Term:

Artists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Painters -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Geographic Term:

Netherlands -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Publisher:

Gareth Stevens Publishing,

Publication Date:

2015

2014

ISBN:

9781482415056

9781482413304

9781489828460

9781526300058

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2015.

Call Number:

J 920 VANGOGH

Holds: Copies:

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33607003348920	Juvenile Nonfiction	920 VANGOGH	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Starry Night is one of the most famous paintings known today. Vincent Van Gogh's Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear is also very recognizable, partly because of the story behind it. Readers are introduced to Van Gogh through biography and many of his works. Each of the featured paintings is shown in full color and details are brought to the reader's attention, such as the small signature Van Gogh put on the vase in Sunflowers. Readers learn all about Van Gogh's signature style of thick, paint-filled brushstrokes built upon each other in uneven layers. Then, they can learn to imitate him!

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 3-5-These books organize biographical material around the artists' works. They offer practical tips in the "How to Paint Like" chapters. The writing is clear but will not necessarily grab readers. For example, Zaczek writes that van Gogh "lost interest" in his work for a firm that sold art, a vague and incomplete explanation of his failure in the working world. This book uses cartoons ineffectively, belittling serious statements by putting them in comic book-like speech bubbles. The graphics may confuse readers, and it is difficult to determine the focus of some pages, since there is no hierarchy in the size of the sidebars. The statement that van Gogh's "first sign of mental illness" was during his residence with Gaugin seems inaccurate; diary entries from before this period certainly reveal depression. The craftsmanship of these texts seems rushed. Skip these titles. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.