Irving Stone

The Agony and the Ecstasy is a biographical novel of Michelangelo Buonarroti written by American author Irving Stone. Stone lived in Italy for years visiting many of the locations in Rome and Florence, worked in marble quarries, and apprenticed himself to a marble sculptor. A primary source for the novel is …

《梵高传》是一部由欧文·斯通根据荷兰著名画家梵高的艰辛生活撰写的小说 它也被改编成为了同名电影，由柯克·道格拉斯主演。这部电影得到四座奥斯卡金像奖提名，并且收获了其中一座。 它是斯通的第一部主要出版作品，主要以梵高和他的画商弟弟，即里奥的书信集为根据。 这些书信集是梵高最为人所知的思想信念的根据。 斯通在后记中提到，他为本书做了大量的“田野调查”。 梵高传最为人称道的，是它以特别的方式描述了众多梵高名画，例如《吃土豆的人》、《向日葵》等的产生历程。斯通试图解读梵高生活的艰辛，解读他的艺术家生涯是如何开始，如何繁盛，以及他如何以一位艺术家的身份故去。 …

The Origin is a biographical novel of the life of Charles Darwin written by Irving Stone. Darwin was a geologist and biologist, and could be considered the father of evolutionary theory. The novel begins with Darwin at the age of 22 and follows him through the Voyage of the Beagle until his death in 1882. Stone took …