Mestre da pintura do século XIX e profeta da arte moderna, Vincent Willem van Gogh (18531890) nasceu num vilarejo fronteiriço nos confins pantanosos do sul da Holanda, filho primogênito de um modesto pastor protestante. Solitário e impetuoso desde criança, o artista fracassou em todas as tentativas
The Van Gogh Deception
✍ Scribed by Hicks, Deron R.
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 620 KB
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Fiction
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✦ Synopsis
Pablo Picasso once said "Art is the lie that enables us to see the truth." But how can you see the truth if you can't remember it? Having forgotten almost everything about himself, a young boy frantically races to discover who he is and why a group of covert people are after him.
As the stakes continue to rise, the boy must piece together the disjointed clues of his origins while using his limited knowledge to stop one of the greatest art frauds ever attempted. Digitally interactive, QR codes woven throughout the book bring renowned paintings to readers fingertips in this breathtaking museum mystery.
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Mestre da pintura do século XIX e profeta da arte moderna, Vincent Willem van Gogh (18531890) nasceu num vilarejo fronteiriço nos confins pantanosos do sul da Holanda, filho primogênito de um modesto pastor protestante. Solitário e impetuoso desde criança, o artista fracassou em todas as tentativas
In the summer of 1890, in the French town of Auvers-sur-Oise, Vincent van Gogh shot himself in the chest with a revolver. He died two days later, at the age of thirty-seven, largely unknown despite having completed over two thousand works of art that would go on to become some of the most important