Magnet #834 - Self-portrait with a Straw HatIf you're on the U.S. Doctor Who viewing schedule. Stop reading now.
Van Gogh, one of the greatest painters that ever lived. He painted like twenty self-portraits, using himself as a sitter, not being able to pay others to sit for him. This one's over at the Met.
Picked it for today, because the Doctor takes Amy Pond on the best adventure ever, first, to a retrospective of Van Gogh's work at the Musee d'Orsay (one of my most favorite museums ever), and then back in time to meet the grand master himself.
No real spoilers here. Suffice to say that this one's probably in my top Doctor Who episodes ever - joining the ranks of the Doctor's visits with Queen Victoria, Shakespeare and Agatha Christie. Sigh. Clearly, I'm a sucker for the Earth historicals.
In fact, I'll wager a guess that my blogger friend, GoldenGait might even come out of hiding and do an episode review/recap - I totally thought of her when I wondered how the BBC production folks produced all the Van Goghs. Did they just photo-reproduce them on to canvas? Did they hire artists to reproduce them?
I guess I should watch the Doctor Who Confidential to find out. Maybe they'll explain why not Claude Monet instead. My guess is that Vinnie's personal problems were likely the key to that puzzle, given how the BBC plugged their helpline at the end of the episode.
Anyway, be on the lookout for this episode and the fantabulous paintings, coming up in like a month or so here in the U.S.
So. Darn. Good!
2 comments:
Word. It was so good! Everything from the goodbyes and Van Gogh telling Eleven that they fought monsters but he was afraid that he wouldn't be so good at fighting them on his own to the last scene with the inscription to Amy had me teary-eyed!
I love that episode! Totally checked online to see if "For Amy" was a real part of a painting, but it wasn't. :(
I definitely look at Van Gogh a bit differently now.
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