Van Gogh: An Appreciation of His Art (Great Masters) (ISBN 1597641049)

Book Description:
These handsomely illustrated volumes offer insight into the lives and works of those few unique individuals whose extraordinary creative genius has affected suceeding generations of artists and altered the way we view the world around us. Vincent van Gogh pioneered a use of color and perspective that influenced many others. Tracing his development in Aries and St. Remy in particular, this volume studies a prolific career marked by genius.

Van Gogh Appreciation for anyone art lover!:
Van Gogh's art is very easy to love and this book is an exquisite tribute to him. There are so many paintings, many famous (but what Van Gogh painting is there that is not an icon?)and not so famous. I like that this book doesn't delve into his emotional mind. To some extent it has to, to explain his art, but the author doesn't make it the only reason why Van Gogh's art was the way it was. In fact the author said in the book that the point of this book is to get the art lover, historian, etc, beyond the focus of Van Gogh's mind and to really focus on and appreciate his work for his work. That is really something original! This book has so many things in it that make it so wonderful--the paintings, which are all in color, and described. Also, the paintings get a page, or 2 pages. And there is lot of discussion about how Van Gogh used whatever place he was living in to produce art. This book is an original in its discussion of Van Gogh, and it is excellent for anyone interested in discovering Van Gogh the artist--not the mad man artist. This book is a treasure!!