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"This is what we long for: the profound pleasure of being swept into vivid new worlds, worlds peopled by characters so intriguing and real that we can't shake them, even long after the reading's done. In his earlier, award-winning novels, Dominic Smith demonstrated a gift for coaxing the past to life. Now, in The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, he deftly bridges the historical and the contemporary, tracking a collision course between a rare landscape...
2) Rembrandt
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Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Chronicles the life of seventeenth-century Dutch painter Rembrandt, discussing such topics as his marriage, his studio, and his major works, and describes the world in which he lived.
4) Rembrandt
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Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of the Dutch painter known for his distinctive style and dramatic figures.
6) Rembrandt
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Pub. Date
1992
Description
Surveys the life and work of the well-known seventeenth-century Dutch artist and discusses the reasons for the rise and fall of artists' reputations.
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Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Offers a brief introduction to the life and work of nineteenth-century painter Vincent van Gogh, discussing how he developed his artistic style, why he was unsuccessful during his life, how his work became popular decades after his death, and other related topics.
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c2021.
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The lively and revealing correspondence that Vincent van Gogh maintained with his art-dealer brother Theo is famous as a source of insight into the mind of one of the most celebrated artists of all time. But what of Anna, Lies and Willemien van Gogh, with whom Vincent had intimate and sometimes turbulent relationships? It was an argument with his oldest sister, Anna, in the aftermath of their father's death that provoked Vincent to leave the Netherlands...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Traces the life of 19-century Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh, with excerpts from correspondence with his brother Theo and full-color reproductions from his work. Vincent Van Gogh-one of the nineteenth century's most brilliant artists-will forever be remembered as the Dutchman who cut off his ear. This incident underscores the passion that consumed him, a passion that also infused his work. Whether painting a portrait, a landscape, or a still life,...
14) Rembrandt
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Pub. Date
2000
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This is a survey of the life and times of Rembrandt van Rijn. From his early work in his native Leyden to his late work and his immense artistic influence, Rembrandt's life is traced within the context of the Netherlands in the 17th century.
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Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith galvanized readers with their astonishing Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography, a book acclaimed for its miraculous research and overwhelming narrative power. Now Naifeh and Smith have written another tour de force-an exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable, and ultimately heartbreaking portrait of creative genius Vincent van Gogh.Working with the full cooperation of...
19) Loving Vincent
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
The life and controversial death of Vincent Van Gogh told by his paintings and by the characters that inhabit them. The intrigue unfolds through dramatic reconstructions of the events leading up to his death.