Biography of World Famous People 1: The Artist Volume (French-Chinese Contrast)

Author: Huang Yaqin, Wen Huijing
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Artists are often labeled as "mad," especially for painters, where colors and lines seem to encircle their lives in bizarre 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 immortal in art history. In a society with little privacy to begin with, reading these biographies of artists not only helps us understand their artistic insights but also brings unexpected rewards. In World Famous Personages—Artists Volume, let's abandon the chronological progression of history and look at the traces left by artists from the Renaissance to modern art on the development line of Western art, blending their lives with art and art with their lives. Reading their lives in bilingual (bilingual parallel text) allows us to learn French and get closer to Van Gogh while paying a unique tribute to these great artists.