Van Gogh and the End of Nature

Vincent van Gogh's work is inseparable from the modern industrial era, drawing on waste and pollution for its subjects and materials. Michael Lobel's book offers a radical revisioning of his career, considering his artistic process, choice of materials, and iconic pictures, merging a timely sense of environmental urgency with bold new readings of his work.

Format: Hardback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 25 June 2024
Publisher: Yale University Press

  Van Gogh and the End of Nature offers a radical revisioning of nearly the full span of the artists career,considering Van Gogh's artistic process,his choice of materials,and some of his most beloved and iconic pictures. Merging a timely sense of environmental urgency with bold new readings of the work of one of the worlds most acclaimed artists,this book weaves together detailed historical research and perceptive analysis into an illuminating portrait of an artist and his changing world.   Van Gogh and the End of Nature offers a radical revisioning of nearly the full span of the artists career,considering Van Gogh's artistic process,his choice of materials,and some of his most beloved and iconic pictures. Merging a timely sense of environmental urgency with bold new readings of the work of one of the worlds most acclaimed artists,this book weaves together detailed historical research and perceptive analysis into an illuminating portrait of an artist and his changing world.   Van Gogh and the End of Nature offers a radical revisioning of nearly the full span of the artists career,considering Van Gogh's artistic process,his choice of materials,and some of his most beloved and iconic pictures. Merging a timely sense of environmental urgency with bold new readings of the work of one of the worlds most acclaimed artists,this book weaves together detailed historical research and perceptive analysis into an illuminating portrait of an artist and his changing world.
Van Gogh's profound engagement with the industrial age is highlighted in "Van Gogh and the End of Nature," a groundbreaking reassessment that makes his work newly relevant for our world today. Michael Lobel challenges the common perception of Van Gogh as a painter of nature, revealing how his pictures are inseparable from the modern industrial era in which he lived. Lobel underscores how Van Gogh's engagement with the environmental realities of his time provides repeated forewarnings of the threats of climate change and ecological destruction we face today. The book offers a radical revisioning of nearly the full span of the artist's career, considering his artistic process, choice of materials, and some of his most beloved and iconic pictures. It merges a timely sense of environmental urgency with bold new readings of the work of one of the world's most acclaimed artists, weaving together detailed historical research and perceptive analysis into an illuminating portrait of an artist and his changing world.

Weight: 814g
Dimension: 261 x 188 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780300274363