{"product_id":"9781907804847","title":"Van Gogh : Into the Undergrowth","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is something intrinsically fresh, immediate and approachable about van Gogh's \u003ci\u003esous-bois\u003c\/i\u003e paintings, which are some of his most famous and finest works, and which beautifully capture the subtle and transient effects of light on foliage. \u003ci\u003eVan Gogh: Into the Undergrowth\u003c\/i\u003e examines the way in which van Gogh was part of the wider \u003ci\u003esous-bois\u003c\/i\u003e tradition in nineteenth-century French painting, and explores how he used painting as a metaphor for the dynamism, vitality, and ever-changing face of nature, as presented under the forest canopy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to color plates of twenty-five artworks by van Gogh and other leading landscape painters such as Daubigny, Monet, and Gauguin, this volume presents extensive new research on van Gogh, nature, and \u003ci\u003esous-bois\u003c\/i\u003e. There is a lead essay on van Gogh and nature by independent scholar Cornelia Homburg; Jenny Reynaerts looks at the \u003ci\u003esous-bois\u003c\/i\u003e genre in the nineteenth century; whilst Simon Kelly examines van Gogh's relationship with the Barbizon and Impressionist schools. Laura Prins writes specifically on Cincinnati Art Museum's own late van Gogh painting, \u003ci\u003eUndergrowth with Two Figures\u003c\/i\u003e, which has recently been restored.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Prins\u003c\/b\u003e is curator of European Paintings at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e is curator and head of department at the Saint Louis Art Museum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJenny Reynaerts\u003c\/b\u003e is senior curator of Eigtheenth- and Nineteenth- Century paintings at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCornelia Homburg\u003c\/b\u003e is curator of Washington University Gallery of Art, Saint Louis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Consortium Book Sales \u0026 Dist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043837362416,"sku":"9781907804847","price":32.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781907804847_p0.jpg?v=1763621045","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781907804847","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}