A Study in Portraits – da Vinci and Van Gogh Two of the greatest artists of all time would have to be Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) and Vincent Van Gogh (1853 – 1890). Da Vinci was an artistic genius‚ as well as an ingenious inventor and scientist‚ while Van Gogh was an artistic savant whose mental instability cut short a career of wonder and enlightenment. Both artists presented works that made people look both outside at the artwork itself as well as inside the individual viewer in order
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Van Gogh vs Salvador Dali The focus of the paper is to make a comparison and contrasts between Van Gogh’s ’Starry Night’ and Salvador Dali’s ’Persistence of time’. While Van Gogh’s theme formed the basis of expressionism in twentieth century‚ Dali initially became a leader of the Surrealist movement and later on developed interests in psychology and science‚ both movements influencing their beliefs and formal approaches in distinctive ways. The ’Persistence of Time’ is regarded as one of the most
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Vincent van Gogh’s (1853-1890) painting of Starry Night is one of the most renowned and recognizable works of all times. Many are familiar with the curbing‚ swirly line of the bright sky‚ the large flowing cypress trees‚ and the contrast of the yellows and blues. The painting was completed thirteen months before he died‚ and only three months before he was released form Saint Remy de Provences Asylum in 1889. Many aren’t aware of the fact that van Gogh suffered from mental illness. Vincent van
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Van Gogh‚ Starry Night and the Influence of Many Post-Impressionist Vincent Van Gogh was an inspiring artist‚ whose unique techniques and styles captured the attention of many artists and critics. Van Gogh’s emotions and surroundings was what interpreted his paintings. When it comes to the topic of Van Gogh’s artistic approach‚ each of his pieces displayed a brilliant use of color along with molding color and harmony with applying the elements and principles of art. While developing his techniques
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a) Vincent Van Gogh: Cornfield with Cypresses Vincent Van Gogh painted this landscape in 1889. He considered it one of his best landscape paintings because at that time he found interest only in cypresses. There were 3 very similar versions of this painting where the colour of the sky changed from blue to green based colours. . Wheat field with cypresses Wheat Field with Cypresses‚ June-July 1889‚ A Wheat Field‚ with Cypresses‚ September 1889‚ Vincent van Gogh made these paintings when
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Why Van Gogh cut his ear Van Gogh and Gauguin were sharing a small room in Arles‚ France. The evening before the ear cutting incident they were at a Cafe drinking absinthe‚ a known epileptogenic drink that is now illegal. For no apparent reason Van Gogh picked up his absinthe and threw it at Gauguin. The next day he couldn’t remember having done it. Gauguin told him he was going to go elsewhere‚ which upset Van Gogh. Gauguin went out for a walk... "Going to his mirror and taking up his razor
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Trying to maintain close ties with tradition‚ and establishing the aesthetic outcome of an artistic creation ‚ they all used their own words and images to paint the world from their own point of view ‚ regardless of what other people could think . Van Gogh was also one of them . His painting ‘Starry Night ‘‚ published on 1889 ‚is nowadays one of the most known paintings in the world . This masterpiece appears to be simple at first sight : a beautiful rural landscape laying above a shiny sky full
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Art Analysis Essay “Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh is a detailed and abstract painting‚ drawing attention to the beautifully created sky. Immediately‚ this painting made me feel calm‚ with the colors and patterns he used throughout the sky. Van Gogh’s color choice is expressed in many shades of blue. The original painting had dimensions of 29 x 36 1/4 inches‚ which is fairly large in size. A large percentage of the painting consists of the sky‚ which leads me to infer Van Gogh wanted to draw attention to it
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Brilliance of Van Gough’s Work The Starry Night Vincent Van Gough is one of the most well known artists of all time‚ and one of his most popular paintings‚ The Starry Night‚ is an expression of his mystical vision. Vincent Willem Van Gogh was born in The Netherlands in 1853‚ he was a mentally plagued man but in his times of clarity produced works of art that to this day continue to astound people (Frank P.375). The Starry Night is oil on canvas landscape painting that Van Gough painted while in
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Vincent Van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter whose work highly impacted 20th century art. His works had a distinct stylistic theme that had a sort of melting effect within them. Many of them also included his iconic swirls that provided as a base for backgrounds. Out of his 900 paintings‚ only a few incorporated solid shapes and lines. Looking at his works‚ I tried to imagine dancing them. I found that the swirls could serve as a trajectory for different body parts or pathways‚ and the almost
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