I was first introduced to Vincent Van Gogh’s artwork through a YouTube video in my Art Appreciation Class. The video displays some of his more popular paintings. It is set to the tune of ‘Starry Starry Night‚’ a song written by Don McLean. McLean wrote the song as a tribute to Van Gogh and told the story of Van Gogh’s life through his own eyes. McLean portrays Van Gogh as somewhat of a tormented soul who took his own life. I could almost feel Van Gogh’s pain through the mixture of visual and
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The Starry Night Co.1889 is considered the most famous piece of painting by Dutch post-impressionist artist‚ Vincent van Gogh. The masterpiece was painted during van Gogh’s stay at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole lunatic asylum in France after a mental breakdown in 1889. The painting shows a small village under a wild night sky. A large cypress tree stand in the foreground while rolling mountains subject in the background. Considered as the finest artwork the famous artist had composed‚ van Gogh used multiple
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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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Anne’s inspiration from Vincent Van Gogh’s famous painting Starry Night. It begins with a quote from a letter written by Van Gogh‚ which says that he has a deep need for religion‚ and that it is when he feels this need that he goes out and paints the stars. This is very profound because it is about man’s need for something everlasting and holy. Even though Van Gogh didn’t want religion in his life‚ he still had a need for the holy. By creating the painting of the stars‚ Van Gogh was‚ in effect‚ memorializing
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The Starry Night is a post impressionist painting by Vincent Van Gogh that was created not long after he arrived at asylum in Saint Remy France in 1889. This is oil on canvas that measures 73.70” X 92.10”. This work is currently owned and housed by the Museum of Modern Art‚ which is located in New York City‚ New York. The work depicts the pre-dawn view from his room at the Saint Remy Lunatic Asylum. It features a bright‚ turbulent night sky‚ which is framed in the foreground by a small village
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naturally created and either replicates‚ builds upon‚ changes in some form or completely opposes it with works of their own. Painting http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/starry-night/gogh.starry-night.jpg The Starry Night‚ Vincent van Gogh (ibiblio.org) Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night‚ c.1889 is a painting of a night sky filled with clouds‚ blazing stars and a bright crescent moon. All of the features
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Vincent van Gogh‚ the painter of such works as Irises‚ Wheat Field with Cypresses‚ and The Starry Night is one of the most influential and famous artists of all time. However‚ he suffered greatly with mental illness‚ including bipolar disorder‚ depression‚ and alcoholism. Throughout his life enigmatic life‚ van Gogh suffered with bipolar disorder. He was known to have “horrible fits of anxiety‚ apparently without cause‚ or otherwise a feeling of emptiness and fatigue in the head.…and
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Starry Night is created by artist Vincent Van Gogh and in my opinion the setting is something the public may relate to‚ the swirling affect in the picture directs the viewers eyes around the whole painting. Also the spaces among the curving contours and the stars creates a dot to dot effect. The painting is brimming with shining stars and a beautiful bright crescent moon and everything is surrounded by magical whirling clouds. The contoured forms in this piece of artwork convey emotion and are means
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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 Gogh
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Vincent Van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853‚ and died on 29 July 1890. He is a significant figure within the art history due to his striking artwork. He used a flamboyant and exuberant colour palette with extraordinary detail which enabled him to create extraordinary masterpieces and to emphasize his artistic expression. He manifested his thoughts and feeling to convey his emotional and spiritual state in each of his artworks. This allowed many observers to acknowledge how he felt throughout the
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