Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Works [CD-ROM]

David Brooks (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0971705801 | ISBN-13: 978-0971705807 | Publication Date: January 1, 2002 | Edition: CD-Rom

This comprehensive CD-ROM includes all 2,200 works that Van Gogh produced during his career: paintings, drawings, watercolors, letter sketches and juvenilia. Designed for both scholars as well as the general public, this CD-ROM has an intuitive, yet powerful search and query tool for accessing Van Gogh's works.

The database contains high quality images of every single artwork, many reproduced in color for the first time. Each artwork record contains a full physical description, date, location, along with full provenance and exhibition history.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...well-conceived, usefully arranged... Students, art aficionados, and professional art historians should all be aware of this fine product." -- Library Journal, 2002

From the Author

This compilation of Van Gogh's art been more than six years in the making. It's a complete, electronic catalogue raisonné of the works of one of the most popular artists of the last 150 years. Van Gogh took his own life at age 37 after creating some of the most brilliant paintings the world has seen. The painter remains a fascinating and elusive figure to anyone who appreciates his art. My standalone CD-ROM catalogue offers an indispensable learning opportunity for art historians and the general public alike.

Born in the Netherlands in 1853, Van Gogh worked as a teacher, minister and art dealer before he settled on painting at age 27. At about the same time, he discovered the work of the French Impressionists, and the tone of his work shifted from dark and brooding to the swirling, vibrant still lifes and landscapes with which we are familiar today.

Unlike the last *complete* catalogue raisonné of Van Gogh's work from 1970, my catalogue is not only 32 years more up-to-date, but also 95% of the paintings are in colour. For the last complete 1970 catalogue, 95% of the images were in black and white. In addition to having much more accurate and current exhibition and provenance, this catalogue includes some images which have never before been published in colour

This CD-ROM is the *first* complete electronic catalogue raisonné of any artist. I hope you enjoy it!

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Product Details

• CD-ROM
• Publisher: Barewalls Pubns Inc; CD-Rom edition (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971705801
• ISBN-13: 978-0971705807
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,637,394 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superbly produced and presented CD-ROM database, April 9, 2002

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Works (CD-ROM)

David Brooks' Vincent Van Gogh: The Complete Works is a superbly produced and presented CD-ROM database featuring high quality images of every single piece of Vincent van Gogh's surviving artwork, man reproduced in color and available to the general public for the first time. Also included is a detailed biography of Van Gogh as well as a chronological timeline for the major events in his life. The text information is available in English, Spanish, Dutch, and Italian. Brooks takes full advantage of all the interactive capabilities of CD-ROM technology to provide a complete "user friendly" interface. The result is the most advanced and interactive catalogue, commentary, and database (2200 primary records) ever published, thereby making Vincent Van Gogh: The Complete Works an essential acquisition for any personal, professional, academic, or community library art history reference collection.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo David Brooks - The Complete Works is Incredible, December 24, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Works (CD-ROM)

Outstanding! At first I thought a CDRom would lack the warmth of a book. This CDRom is on fire. What an achievement and what a treasure.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive database for admirers of Van Gogh., December 16, 2002

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Mr Andrew G. Forrest (Woking, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Works (CD-ROM)

Whether for the newcomer, enthusiast or student, David Brooks's CD-ROM cannot be bettered as an accessible and stimulating resource. Many images - such as the Van Gogh Museum's version of 'Vincent's Bedroom in Arles' - are supported by informative commentary. Where possible, Brooks adds full details of ownership, display and the specific letters in which Van Gogh mentions the painting, drawing or sketch. It is a delight to witness rarely-seen works from private collections and others that previously one had only read about. Added bonuses are the very clear chronology and biography that David Brooks provides. This CD-ROM both broadens and deepens one's knowledge of The Master and is excellent value for money.