{"product_id":"irises-vincent-van-gogh-in-the-garden","title":"Irises: Vincent van Gogh in the Garden","description":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Helvey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"How well he has understood the exquisite nature of flowers!\"\u003cbr\u003e —Octave Mirbeau (1848–1917), French art critic and the first owner of \u003ci\u003eIrises\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVincent van Gogh painted \u003ci\u003eIrises\u003c\/i\u003e in the last year of his life, in the garden of the asylum at Saint-Rémy, where he was recuperating from an attack of mental illness. Although he considered the painting more a study than a finished picture, his brother Theo submitted it to the \u003ci\u003eSalon des Indépendants\u003c\/i\u003e in September 1889. Its energy and theme―the regenerative powers of the earth―express the artist's deeply held belief in the divinity of art and nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking book fills a gap in Van Gogh scholarship with an in-depth study of \u003ci\u003eIrises\u003c\/i\u003e―among the J. Paul Getty Museum's most famous paintings―placed in the context of his glorious flower and garden paintings. Full-color reproductions include not only \u003ci\u003eIrises\u003c\/i\u003e but also a panoply of nature paintings by Van Gogh and the artists who inspired him, such as Albrecht Dürer, Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet, and Paul Gauguin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJennifer Helvey is an independent scholar living in Ithaca, New York. She was assistant curator in the Department of Paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum from 1996 to 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript src=\"\/\/books.google.com\/books\/previewlib.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\nGBS_setLanguage('en');\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003cscript\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\nGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780892362264');\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e 5 1\/2 x 7 3\/8 inches\u003cbr\u003e 70 color and 16 b\/w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 978-0-89236-226-4\u003cbr\u003e hardcover\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Getty Publications\u003cbr\u003e Imprint: J. Paul Getty Museum\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2009\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n","brand":"GETTY TRUST PUBLICATIONS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67568640164130,"sku":"yux1792569468876","price":15.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0944\/2249\/9618\/files\/irises-vincent-van-gogh-in-the-garden_1.jpg?v=1792569473","url":"https:\/\/softmere.shop\/products\/irises-vincent-van-gogh-in-the-garden","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}