{"product_id":"popular-art-and-the-avant-garde-by-vincent-alessi-9781925495737","title":"Popular Art and the Avant-Garde","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Vincent van Gogh picked up his pencil and set out on his artistic career, it was not with the intention of becoming a leader of the avant-garde art world. Rather, his aims centred on earning a reasonable wage and living within the middle-class norms of his family. Van Gogh’s hope was to become an illustrator of magazines and newspapers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 1880 to 1885, van Gogh assembled a collection of more than 2,000 black-and-white prints, predominantly from English publications such as \u003cem\u003eThe Graphic\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Illustrated London News\u003c\/em\u003e. These prints were produced in the thousands to accompany news stories or as stand-alone illustrations to be pinned up in the family home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePopular Art and the Avant-Garde\u003c\/em\u003e by Vincent Alessi reveals for the first time how van Gogh’s collection acted for him as both inspiration and manual: a guide to the subject matter demanded by leading illustrated newspapers and magazines and a model of artistic style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese popular images are shown to have palpably shaped van Gogh’s art throughout his career, and open up rich new understandings of a life and body of work that continue to intrigue and inspire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432002207980,"sku":"9781925495737","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781925495737.jpg?v=1774556978","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/popular-art-and-the-avant-garde-by-vincent-alessi-9781925495737","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}