Author: Andrew Lang
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Van Gogh's Ear
Author: Bernadette Murphy
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374716021
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The best-known and most sensational event in Vincent van Gogh’s life is also the least understood. For more than a century, biographers and historians seeking definitive facts about what happened on a December night in Arles have unearthed more questions than answers. Why would an artist at the height of his powers commit such a brutal act? Who was the mysterious “Rachel” to whom he presented his macabre gift? Did he use a razor or a knife? Was it just a segment—or did Van Gogh really lop off his entire ear? In Van Gogh’s Ear, Bernadette Murphy reveals, for the first time, the true story of this long-misunderstood incident, sweeping away decades of myth and giving us a glimpse of a troubled but brilliant artist at his breaking point. Murphy’s detective work takes her from Europe to the United States and back, from the holdings of major museums to the moldering contents of forgotten archives. She braids together her own thrilling journey of discovery with a narrative of Van Gogh’s life in Arles, the sleepy Provençal town where he created his finest work, and vividly reconstructs the world in which he moved—the madams and prostitutes, café patrons and police inspectors, shepherds and bohemian artists. We encounter Van Gogh’s brother and benefactor Theo, his guest and fellow painter Paul Gauguin, and many local subjects of Van Gogh’s paintings, some of whom Murphy identifies for the first time. Strikingly, Murphy uncovers previously unknown information about “Rachel”—and uses it to propose a bold new hypothesis about what was occurring in Van Gogh’s heart and mind as he made a mysterious delivery to her doorstep. As it reopens one of art history’s most famous cold cases, Van Gogh’s Ear becomes a fascinating work of detection. It is also a study of a painter creating his most iconic and revolutionary work, pushing himself ever closer to greatness even as he edged toward madness—and one fateful sweep of the blade that would resonate through the ages.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374716021
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The best-known and most sensational event in Vincent van Gogh’s life is also the least understood. For more than a century, biographers and historians seeking definitive facts about what happened on a December night in Arles have unearthed more questions than answers. Why would an artist at the height of his powers commit such a brutal act? Who was the mysterious “Rachel” to whom he presented his macabre gift? Did he use a razor or a knife? Was it just a segment—or did Van Gogh really lop off his entire ear? In Van Gogh’s Ear, Bernadette Murphy reveals, for the first time, the true story of this long-misunderstood incident, sweeping away decades of myth and giving us a glimpse of a troubled but brilliant artist at his breaking point. Murphy’s detective work takes her from Europe to the United States and back, from the holdings of major museums to the moldering contents of forgotten archives. She braids together her own thrilling journey of discovery with a narrative of Van Gogh’s life in Arles, the sleepy Provençal town where he created his finest work, and vividly reconstructs the world in which he moved—the madams and prostitutes, café patrons and police inspectors, shepherds and bohemian artists. We encounter Van Gogh’s brother and benefactor Theo, his guest and fellow painter Paul Gauguin, and many local subjects of Van Gogh’s paintings, some of whom Murphy identifies for the first time. Strikingly, Murphy uncovers previously unknown information about “Rachel”—and uses it to propose a bold new hypothesis about what was occurring in Van Gogh’s heart and mind as he made a mysterious delivery to her doorstep. As it reopens one of art history’s most famous cold cases, Van Gogh’s Ear becomes a fascinating work of detection. It is also a study of a painter creating his most iconic and revolutionary work, pushing himself ever closer to greatness even as he edged toward madness—and one fateful sweep of the blade that would resonate through the ages.
A History of Scotland from the Roman Occupation
Author: Andrew Lang
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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The History of Scotland, Translated from the Latin
Author: George Buchanan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Stories from the History of Scotland
Author: Alexander STEWART (Minister of Douglas.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Stories from the history of Scotland
Author: Alexander Stewart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
A History of Scotland, Chiefly in Its Ecclesiastical Aspect
Author: Marjory G. J. Kinloch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Put Tony's Nuts in Your Mouth!
Author: Bimisi Tayanita
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781946178039
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Curious but not concerned as to where they would sleep that night, Bimisi and Sumguyen aimlessly meandered down the cobblestone calles of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. As the sun set over the Pacific they found themselves sequestered by a weathered native peddler who mimed towards his cart and through his guttural broken english encouraged them to "Put Tony's nuts in your mouth..."60 pesos later, as a cold cerveza washed down the first of Tony's nuts,pen was put to parchment and book four of season one came to be.Put Tony's Nuts in Your Mouth is the fourth of five books that make up Reach Around Books Season One.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781946178039
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Curious but not concerned as to where they would sleep that night, Bimisi and Sumguyen aimlessly meandered down the cobblestone calles of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. As the sun set over the Pacific they found themselves sequestered by a weathered native peddler who mimed towards his cart and through his guttural broken english encouraged them to "Put Tony's nuts in your mouth..."60 pesos later, as a cold cerveza washed down the first of Tony's nuts,pen was put to parchment and book four of season one came to be.Put Tony's Nuts in Your Mouth is the fourth of five books that make up Reach Around Books Season One.
The History Of Scotland - Volume 5: From Murray To The King Of Many Enemies
Author: Andrew Lang
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 3849604659
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
This is volume 5, covering the time from Murray to the King of Many Enemies. In many volumes of several thousand combined pages the series "The History of Scotland" deals with something less than two millenniums of Scottish history. Every single volume covers a certain period in an attempt to examine the elements and forces which were imperative to the making of the Scottish people, and to record the more important events of that time.
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 3849604659
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
This is volume 5, covering the time from Murray to the King of Many Enemies. In many volumes of several thousand combined pages the series "The History of Scotland" deals with something less than two millenniums of Scottish history. Every single volume covers a certain period in an attempt to examine the elements and forces which were imperative to the making of the Scottish people, and to record the more important events of that time.
The Story of the Scottish Church from the Earliest Times
Author: Ninian Hill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The History of Scotland; from the Roman Invasion Till the Suppression of the Rebellion in 1745: with Exercises for the Use of Schools
Author: Alexander STEWART (Minister of Douglas.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description