French language edition of VAN GOGH: UP CLOSE, publication accompanying the exhibition organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada. This sumptuously illustrated book offers a completely new way of looking at the art of Vincent van Gogh, by exploring the artist's approach to nature through his innovative use of the close-up view. Focusing on the last years of the artist's career from 1886 until his death in July 1890 an international team of leading scholars in the field examines Van Gogh's radical approach to the close-up and sets it in the context of contemporary and historical references, such as his hitherto unrecognized use of photography and his fascination with the Old Masters and with Japanese art and culture.