Van Gogh [1991]

Van Gogh [1991]
Customer Review: A Must See!
A cold, chilling, interpretation of Vincent’s last days. Actor Jacques Dutronc picked up the 1992 Cesar Award for his performance as Vincent as his demise to madness finally causes him to commit suicide. Dutronc play Vincent as removed and seemigly not always ‘quite with it.’ His performance is brooding and sometimes confusing which makes you want and need to see this film again and again, discovering something new about Vincent upon each viewing.
‘Towering…powerful…masterly…this is a film to savour’ Said The Times and they were right!

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Customer Review: An All-Time Favorite
The history of a single work of art from conception, several owners, war, and fame as the record-holder for highest price for a painting at auction, this book is nothing short of amazing. Cynthia Saltzman’s concept is fresh and her writing ludcid. This is a book you won’t be able to put down. It has everything a good story should have; suspense, tragedy, triumph, and action. I found myself holding my breath, though I knew the outcome, as I read about the auction of the Portrait of Dr. Gachet. This is a book I heartily recommend, and so far, everyone I’ve leant it to or purchased it for has loved it just as much as I have.
Customer Review: excellent
This is a unique “story” or “history” of a work of art. It is one of the most inventive means, by giving the detailed history behind the provenance of the work, of telling a part of, not only art history, but of the times and circumstances in which the work of art exists. It makes the work of art become more than simply an object to be examined but a real and almost living part of the culture in which it exists. The writing is of the highest quality and makes you want to continue reading to find out what happens next to the painting. It is a wonderful book that I recommend without reservation. I’ve already bought an extra copy to pass around among my friends.
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iPod 2nd Gen Nano GelaSkin Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh

:: Designed to fit the 2nd iPod Nano (2, 4, 8GB)
:: Covers and protects the front and back of the iPod
:: GelaScreen display protector included to protect screen
:: Made of premium grade 3M vinyl adhesive
:: Can be removed and reapplied leaving no marks
:: Skins apply bubble free with a scratch resistant coating
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Customer Review: Compassionate realization of a quest for a “starry night“
THE FIRST STARRY NIGHT provides a perfect introduction for children to the life and works of the artist, Vincent Van Gogh. Jacques sees past the rough exterior that Van Gogh portrays to others and recognizes the loneliness and longing for friendship within his heart. We often forget that in their innocence children recognize the inner needs of another individual in ways that we as adults do not. A child is much more accepting of the uniqueness of the individual, not focusing on the oddities or eccentricities. Joan Isom portrays a kind and caring side of Van Gogh not often displayed in other books, but a side that every child should and needs to see. The comparison of the stars to a good painting or a good story in their everlasting qualities is one that should be instilled in every child. The emphasis on the fact that we all see things differently and an appreciation for those differences is a lesson that I try to incorporate daily in the classroom. I think that we all long for a “brother of the heart” and that those of us who are fortunate enough to have found such a person are truly blessed. This book provides the inspiration to each of us to reach out to others and to the stars just as Vincent Van Gogh did on that “starry night” long ago.
Customer Review: A perceptive portrait of Vincent through a child’s eyes.
“Why do you love the stars so much?” young Jacques, who washes pots and pans in Madame Rouel’s kitchen, asked his friend Vincent. “Maybe because they are like a good painting or a good story. They stay.” Joan Shaddox Isom’s THE FIRST STARRY NIGHT, like the stars memory. Enriched by Joan Isom’s illustrations, this portrait of Vincent van Gogh–as seen through the eyes of Jacques, his “little brother of the heart”–is as full of star-spun magic as Vincent’s own paintings. One reads the last words of this elegant and perceptive tribute to this Vincent’s never-ending stars still whirl like pinwheels across the night sky above us–and though we may have feared to lose him, we see that “he is not lost at all.”
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