French-Chinese Comparative Biographies of World Famous Artists

Author: Huang Yanhong
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Artists are always labeled as "crazy," especially for painters, where colors and lines seem to encircle their lives in strange ways. Warhol, Braque, Picasso, Van Gogh, Degas, Monet, Goya, Ingres, Rubens, Michelangelo—what did they gain and lose in their lives? These big or small gains and losses made their lives winding; what happened and what did they do in their lives? These accidental or inevitable events made them famous in art history. In a society with little privacy to begin with, reading these artist's biographies not only helps us understand their artistic insights but also brings unexpected rewards. In World Famous People Briefings – Artists Edition, let's abandon the chronological progression of history and look at the traces left by these artists from the Renaissance to modern art on the line of Western art development, blending their lives with art and their art with lives. Reading their lives in bilingual format allows us to learn French and get closer to Van Gogh while paying a unique tribute to these great artists.