Vincent van Gogh used art to express his intensely emotional response to the world around him. Enraptured by the beauty of nature and tormented by the sorrows of human existence, he produced in his tragically short life some of the most powerfully expressive paintings ever seen. Many have made the mistake of thinking him mad, and he did suffer throughout his life periods of mental anguish. But Van Gogh's paintings are not the works of a madman. Van Gogh famously sold only one painting during his life, but within a few years of his death he was recognized as one of the greatest modern painters.
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文字作者:
乔治·罗达姆(George Roddam),在英国和美国的一些大学里教授艺术史。他的研究主要集中在英国现代主义艺术领域,并围绕这一课题发表了论文若干。他和他的妻子、两个孩子生活在英国东南部。
插图作者:
施洛瓦·哈拉西莫维奇(Slawa Harasymowicz),一位在伦敦发展的波兰艺术家。继2012年《狼人》(据西格蒙特·弗洛伊德的著名案例完成的插画小说)出版后,她计划在伦敦的弗洛伊德博物馆做一个个人展。她取得了2008年艺术基金会奖学金和2009年维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆插画奖。
中文译者:
吴啸雷,杭州人。毕业于浙江大学心理学系、北京大学艺术学系。曾供职于中国美术家协会,现为自由学人,主要研究领域为西方古典艺术和当代艺术。译有《艺术史写作原理》(合译)、《艺术的终结》等。
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