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The Bedroom by Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh's The Bedroom, painted in 1889, will seem familiar to fans of the artist's work from the Yellow House. Just as Vincent revived his motif of sunflowers as he recovered from his self-mutilation, he returned to the images of the Yellow House as he recuperated in Saint-Rémy. He reprised the painting of his bedroom, intensifying the colors and sharpening the details of the pictures on the wall. When van Gogh's thoughts strayed back to his life in Arles, he was filled with wistful regret, telling his brother, "I still think that Gauguin and I will perhaps work together again."

Vincent van Gogh's The Bedroom (oil on canvas, 28-3/4x36-1/4 inches) hangs in the Art Institute of Chicago.

Eventually, Vincent van Gogh was allowed to leave the confines of the asylum.

Irises by Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh pained Irises in 1889, during his first month in the asylum in Saint-Rémy. Under the care of a sympathetic staff, Vincent's fears abated. His doctors recognized his need to work, and by the end of May, Vincent found it necessary to ask his brother Theo to send him more canvas and paint. He painted the irises that grew on the hospital grounds, and he assured Theo, "When you receive the canvases I have done in the garden, you will see I am not too melancholy here."

Vincent van Gogh's Irises (oil on canvas, 28x 36-1/2 inches) is housed at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

Despite Vincent's assurances to his brother, a self-portrait he completed at this time indicates he was suffering more than he indicated.

Lilacs by Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh's Lilacs was completed in 1889, shortly after Vincent voluntarily entered the mental asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole. While his condition was assessed, van Gogh considered the potential subjects available to him in confinement. These included an unkempt garden and the view out his window, but he longed to take his easel to the countryside. The leafy lilac trees, just coming into their pale blooms, gave Vincent van Gogh a subject to paint on the grounds of the asylum.

Vincent van Gogh's Lilacs (oil on canvas, 28-3/4x 36-1/4 inches) can be seen at Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Le Crau with Peach Trees in Blossom by Vincent van Gogh

Le Crau with Peach Trees in Blossom was painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1889 and captures what drew van Gogh to southern France. Vincent moved to Provence for the restorative warmth of the sun and picturesque tranquility of the rural location. The blue sky, verdant fields, and blooming fruit trees in Le Crau with Peach Trees in Blossom sparked a vitality in his art that freed van Gogh to experiment with a lighter palette and varied brush strokes. In nuanced tones and with a delicate touch, Vincent van Gogh painted the fields a last time, asserting that his physical and emotional trials were justified by his artistic development.

Vincent van Gogh's Le Crau with Peach Trees in Blossom (oil on canvas, 25-3/4x32 inches) hangs in London's Courtauld Institute Gallery.

Vincent van Gogh was famous for his depictions of sunflowers, but he loved flowers of all types.

Orchard in Blossom with View of Arles by Vincent van Gogh

In his 1889 work titled Orchard in Blossom with View of Arles, Vincent van Gogh returned to the subject that gave him inspiration after his arrival in Arles. The lighter, silvery character of his blue and green palette in Orchard in Blossom with View of Arles conveyed the sense of nature's fresh renewal, and his deft even stroke, which evokes a gentle breeze stirring the grasses, conveys the tranquility and promise Vincent van Gogh associated with the spring season. But the twisted trunk of the tree recalls the intensity Vincent infused into the motif of The Sower the previous year.

Orchard in Blossom with View of Arles (oil on canvas, 28-1/4x36-1/4 inches), by Vincent van Gogh, can be found at Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen, Neue Pinakothek, Munich.

Pieta (After Delacroix) by Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh's Pietà (After Delacroix) was painted in 1889, shortly after his return to work, when Vincent resumed his old habit of making oil copies of black and white reproductions of the works of art he admired. Eugène Delacroix's color theory had shaped Vincent van Gogh's ideas about color from his earliest reflections on painting. The resonant contrast of blue and yellow in Pietà -- broken only by Christ's red hair and beard -- heightens the emotional power as well as his personal connection to the art of Delacroix.

Pietà (After Delacroix) (oil on canvas, 16-1/2x13-1/2 inches), by Vincent van Gogh, can be found at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

Ward of Arles Hospital by Vincent van Gogh

The 1889 painting Ward of Arles Hospital, by Vincent van Gogh, portrays the institution where Vincent spent his last months in Arles. When his health permitted, van Gogh left the premises to paint in the fields. He also painted the scenes outside his window. Vincent van Gogh felt more secure living with medical supervision, but in his painting, Ward of Arles Hospital, the exaggerated length of the corridor and the nervous contours that delineate the figures of the patients express the emotional weight of his isolation and confinement.

Vincent van Gogh's Ward of Arles Hospital (oil on canvas, 28-1/4x35-1/4 inches) is part of the Collection Oskar Reinhart 'Am Römerholz,' Winterthur, Switzerland.

Van Gogh didn't brood on such depressing subjects entirely, however. Keep reading to learn more about a lighter work that he completed around this same time.

Cypresses by Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh painted Cypresses in 1889, within a month of his arrival at the mental asylum, when Vincent gained permission to paint in the open air. He ventured just beyond the grounds of the hospital into the groves of cypress trees that he could see from his window. Van Gogh observed them closely, explaining to his brother Theo that the trees were constantly on his mind and that as a motif they reminded him of sunflowers, "because it astonishes me that they have not been done as I see them."

Cypresses by Vincent van Gogh (oil on canvas, 36-3/4x29-1/4 inches) hangs in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Besides nature, van Gogh also drew inspiration from old works of art, which he had previously produced in his studio. Keep reading to learn more about one of these copies.

The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh painted The Starry Night while in the Saint-Rémy asylum in 1889. Vincent's room in the Saint-Rémy asylum looked out on the eastern sky. He painted The Starry Night as a panoramic vista spreading out into an almost infinite distance under a tumultuous sky ablaze with stars. 

Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night (oil on canvas, 29x36-1/4 inches) hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

The writhing branches of the cypress in the foreground are carved, like the stars, in thick impasto, and the tree vibrates with the rhythms of nature's divinity. The orange-yellow crescent moon makes a stark contrast to the vivid blue firmament, recalling Vincent van Gogh's belief that arbitrary color allowed him to express himself "more forcefully."

Eventually van Gogh was allowed to leave the confines of the asylum to paint the surrounding areas. Next, we'll look at one of those paintings. HowStuffWorks

Self-Portrait by Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh's 1889 Self-Portrait reflects the violence of the seizures Vincent suffered in the summer, which left him debilitated. To prevent him from ingesting more turpentine, his doctors confiscated his painting materials. When Vincent recovered sufficient calm and strength, he was able to return to painting. Van Gogh's first self-portrait of this time shows him haggard, and he described his appearance as "lean and pale, a poor devil," but he positioned himself to hide his maimed ear.

Self-Portrait (oil on canvas, 22-1/2x17-1/4 inches), by Vincent van Gogh, is part of the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Vincent van Gogh found material for his art in the asylum in Saint-Rémy, as he did at the hospital in Arles. Keep reading to learn about his depiction of the asylum.

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Books.. Wht Do They Mean..? =.=

• a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics"
• physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop"
• record: a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books"
• script: a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
• ledger: a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books"
• a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game
• a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here"
• engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo"
• Koran: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
• reserve: arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's"
• Bible: the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
• record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"
• a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah"
• register in a hotel booker
• a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge; "he bought a book of stamps"
  wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn 

n.

1. A set of written, printed, or blank pages fastened along one side and encased between protective covers.

2.

a. A printed or written literary work.

b. A main division of a larger printed or written work: a book of the Old Testament.

3.

a. A volume in which financial or business transactions are recorded.

b. books Financial or business records considered as a group: checked the expenditures on the books.

4.

a. A libretto.

b. The script of a play.

5. Book

a. The Bible.

b. The Koran.

6.

a. A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based: runs the company by the book.

b. Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding.

c. The total amount of experience, knowledge, understanding, and skill that can be used in solving a problem or performing a task: We used every trick in the book to finish the project on schedule.

d. Informal Factual information, especially of a private nature: What's the book on him?

7. A packet of like or similar items bound together: a book of matches.

8. A record of bets placed on a race.

9. Games The number of card tricks needed before any tricks can have scoring value, as the first six tricks taken by the declaring side in bridge.

v. booked, book·ing, books

v.tr.

1. To list or register in or as if in a book.

2.

a. To record charges against (a person) on a police blotter.

b. Sports To record the flagrant fouls of (a player) for possible disciplinary action, as in soccer.

3. To arrange for (tickets or lodgings, for example) in advance; reserve.

4. To hire or engage: The manager booked a magic show for Saturday night.

5. To allocate time for.

v.intr.

To make a reservation: Book early if you want good seats.

adj.

1. Of or relating to knowledge learned from books rather than actual experience: has book smarts but not street smarts.

2. Appearing in a company's financial records: book profits.

Idioms:

bring to book

To demand an explanation from; call to account.

in (one's) book

In one's opinion: In my book they both are wrong.

like a book

Thoroughly; completely: I know my child like a book.

one for the books

A noteworthy act or occurrence.

throw the book at

1. To make all possible charges against (a lawbreaker, for example).

2. To reprimand or punish severely.

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[Middle English bok, from Old English bc; see bhgo- in Indo-European roots.]

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booker n.

Synonyms: book, bespeak, engage, reserve
These verbs mean to cause something to be set aside in advance, as for one's use or possession: will book a hotel room; made sure their selections were bespoken; engaged a box for the opera season; reserving a table at a restaurant.

Word History: From an etymological perspective, book and beech are branches of the same tree. The Germanic root of both words is *bk-, ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning "beech tree." The Old English form of book is bc, from Germanic *bk-, "written document, book." The Old English form of beech is bce, from Germanic *bk-jn, "beech tree," because the early Germanic peoples used strips of beech wood to write on. A similar semantic development occurred in Latin. The Latin word for book is liber, whence library. Liber, however, originally meant "bark"that is, the smooth inner bark of a tree, which the early Romans likewise used to write on.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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book [bʊk]

n

1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a number of printed or written pages bound together along one edge and usually protected by thick paper or stiff pasteboard covers See also hardback, paperback

2.

a.  a written work or composition, such as a novel, technical manual, or dictionary

b.  (as modifier) the book trade book reviews

c.  (in combination) bookseller bookshop bookshelf bookrack

3. a number of blank or ruled sheets of paper bound together, used to record lessons, keep accounts, etc

4. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) (plural) a record of the transactions of a business or society

5. (Performing Arts / Theatre) the script of a play or the libretto of an opera, musical, etc

6. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) a major division of a written composition, as of a long novel or of the Bible

7. a number of tickets, sheets, stamps, etc., fastened together along one edge

8. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Racing) Bookmaking a record of the bets made on a horse race or other event

9. (Group Games / Card Games) the number of tricks that must be taken by a side or player before any trick has a scoring value in bridge, six of the 13 tricks form the book

10. strict or rigid regulations, rules, or standards (esp in the phrases according to the book, by the book)

11. a source of knowledge or authority the book of life

12. a telephone directory (in the phrase in the book)

(Christian Religious Writings / Bible)

the book (sometimes capital) the Bible

an open book a person or subject that is thoroughly understood

a closed book a person or subject that is unknown or beyond comprehension chemistry is a closed book to him

bring to book to reprimand or require (someone) to give an explanation of his conduct

close the book on to bring to a definite end we have closed the book on apartheid

(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping)

close the books Book-keeping to balance accounts in order to prepare a statement or report

cook the books Informal to make fraudulent alterations to business or other accounts

in my book according to my view of things

in someone's good or bad books regarded by someone with favour (or disfavour)

(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping)

keep the books to keep written records of the finances of a business or other enterprise

on the books

a.  enrolled as a member

b.  registered or recorded

read (someone) like a book to understand (a person, his motives, character, etc.) thoroughly and clearly

throw the book at

a.  to charge with every relevant offence

b.  to inflict the most severe punishment on

vb

1. to reserve (a place, passage, etc.) or engage the services of (a performer, driver, etc.) in advance to book a flight to book a band

2. (tr) to take the name and address of (a person guilty of a minor offence) with a view to bringing a prosecution he was booked for ignoring a traffic signal

3. (Team Sports / Soccer) (tr) (of a football referee) to take the name of (a player) who grossly infringes the rules while playing, two such acts resulting in the player's dismissal from the field

4. (tr) Archaic to record in a book See also book in, book into, book out, book up

[Old English bōc; related to Old Norse bōk, Old High German buoh book, Gothic bōka letter; see beech (the bark of which was used as a writing surface)]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 6th Edition 2003. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

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Book collection of tablets, sheets of paper, or similar material strung or bound together.

Examples: book of beauty, 1595; of bitter passion, 1532; of gold leaf [separated by vellum leaves]; of knowledge, 1667; of love, 1592; of nature, 1830; of precepts, 1380; of scorn, 1847; of silk [bundle of skeins of raw silk].

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Perspektif wujud suka, tak suka, apabila terdapatnya sesebuah ruang di antara mata kita dengan sesebuah objek yang lain.

Ianya merupakan formula jawapan teringkas kepada persoalan berkenaan dengan apa yang dilihat oleh mata dengan apa yang merupakan ukuran sebenar pada sesuatu objek tertentu. Siap ukur dengan sebuah pembaris, mata kita akan mengatakan bahawa sesebuah bangunan sebenarnya berukuran hanya sebanyak 5inci, walaupun ukuran sebenar mencatatkan lebih daripada 10km O.o =)


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