Steven Naifeh Libros

"To us, Van Gogh's paintings look utterly unique. His vivid palates and wildly interpretive portraits are unmistakably his--yet however revolutionary his style may have been, it was actually built on a strong foundation of paintings by other artists, both his contemporaries and those who came before him. Now, drawing on Van Gogh's own thoughtful and often poetic comments about the artists he venerated, Steven Naifeh gives a gripping account of his deep immersion in their work. We see Van Gogh's gradual discovery of the subjects he made famous, from wheat fields to sunflowers. We watch him copying the colors used by one artist, experimenting with the thick layers of paint on canvas used by another, all vividly illustrated with 275 paintings by Van Gogh and a variety of other major artists, positioned side by side. Thanks to the vast correspondence from Vincent to his beloved brother Theo, Naifeh is able to reconstruct Van Gogh's artistic world from within. Observed in eloquent prose that is as compelling as it is authoritative, Van Gogh and the Artists He Loved enables us to share the artist's journey as he established his own audacious, influential, and widely beloved body of work"-- Provided by publisher

Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, who galvanized readers with their Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Jackson Pollock, have written another tour de force--an exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable portrait of Vincent van Gogh. Working with the full cooperation of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Naifeh and Smith have accessed a wealth of previously untapped materials to bring a crucial understanding to the larger-than-life mythology of this great artist: his early struggles to find his place in the world; his intense relationship with his brother Theo; and his move to Provence, where he painted some of the best-loved works in Western art. The authors also shed new light on many unexplored aspects of Van Gogh's inner world: his erratic and tumultuous romantic life; his bouts of depression and mental illness; and the cloudy circumstances surrounding his death at the age of thirty-seven. Though countless books have been written about Van Gogh, no serious, ambitious examination of his life has been attempted in more than seventy years. Naifeh and Smith have re-created Van Gogh's life with an astounding vividness and psychological acuity that bring a completely new and sympathetic understanding to this unique artistic genius

Vincent van Gogh created some of the best loved - and most expensive - works of art, from the early The Potato Eaters to his late masterpieces Sunflowers and The Starry Night. He had worked as an art dealer, a missionary and as a teacher in England, and only in his late twenties did he begin a life that would be fundamental in shaping modern art.

In The Devil behind the Mirror, Steven Gregory provides a compelling and intimate account of the impact that transnational processes associated with globalization are having on the lives and livelihoods of people in the Dominican Republic. Grounded in ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the adjacent towns of Boca Chica and Andrés, Gregory's study deftly demonstrates how transnational flows of capital, culture, and people are mediated by contextually specific power relations, politics, and history. He explores such topics as the informal economy, the making of a telenova, sex tourism, and racism and discrimination against Haitians, who occupy the lowest rung on the Dominican economic ladder. Innovative, beautifully written, and now updated with a new preface, The Devil behind the Mirror masterfully situates the analysis of global economic change in everyday lives.

Michael Morgenstern asked women all over the country, from all walks of life, and discovered the answers men seek. Learn what women find sexy in a man; how to seduce with words; what is the secret all great lovers know about pleasing women; how you can tell from a woman's kiss if she wants you take her to bed, and much more."Will make life--sex life, anyway--easier for men and infinitely more pleasurable for women."COSMOPOLITANFrom the Paperback edition.

Nowa, pełna nieznanych informacji biografia geniusza malarstwa. Książka Naifeha i White Smitha rzuca nowe światło na głębokie zainteresowanie artysty literaturą i sztuką, jego nieobliczalne i burzliwe życie miłosne, ataki depresji i choroby psychicznej, a także niejasne okoliczności śmiertelnego postrzelenia w wieku trzydziestu siedmiu lat. Autorzy dzięki współpracy z Muzeum Vincenta van Gogha w Amsterdamie uzyskali dostęp do dotychczas niewykorzystanych materiałów - wśród nich do nieopublikowanych listów członków rodziny malarza. Choć na temat van Gogha powstało wiele książek, a jego tragiczny los jest od dawna obecny w kulturze popularnej, to nikt nie podjął próby zbadania życia tego twórcy w sposób tak poważny i ambitny. Naifeh i White Smith odtworzyli je w sposób zdumiewająco żywy i przenikliwy psychologicznie. Gregory White Smith i Steven Naifeh są absolwentami Wydziału Prawa Uniwersytetu Harvarda. Naifeh, który publikuje w czasopismach poświęconych sztuce i wygłasza wykłady w licznych muzeach, studiował także historię sztuki w Princeton, a w Fogg Art Museum na Harvardzie obronił pracę dyplomową w tej dziedzinie. Cztery napisane przez nich wspólnie książki trafiły na listę bestsellerów „The New York Timesa”. Biograficzna książka ich autorstwa Jackson Pollock: An American Saga otrzymała Nagrodę Pulitzera, a także znalazła się w finale National Book Award.