Van Gogh

Résumé du livre

"During the ten years they spent writing Van Gogh the Life, authors Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith generated thousands of pages of research notes that, for space reasons, could not be included in the printed book. These six volumes incorporate these notes as they appeared online at vangoghbiography.com. The notes perform a varitey of functions: The identify precisely the sources for all the quotations and factual material used in teh printed book. They share the authors' insights on the assessments of sources that could not be accommodated in teh narrative of the book. They bring previous Van Gogh biographers and academic scholars into the discussion over controversial issues in the literature. They alert readers where the book takes a position that differs from the canon of Van Gogh scholarship, and work to address those variances. They provide additional information about secondary characters, locales, art-historical movements, particular artists, works of art, ect. They offer 'sidebars' on interesting subjects that are only collateral to Van Gogh's story but reader may wish to explore further." -- jacket.