Vincent Van Gogh was a casual‚ yet wonderful artist. He captured many beautiful and realistic scenes in his art such as people‚ man-made objects‚ and natural materials. He also created many self-portraits. His work seemed very detailed to me because of his various pencil and brush strokes with both his drawings and paintings. I was intrigued by his artwork because much of it resembled the life of poor families or individuals. Many artists from that time created artwork that was misleading due to
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The Large Plain Trees by Vincent Van Gogh was painted in 1889 when a street in Saint-Remy was being repaved. When we first look at this oil painting we see the large yellow trees which can help us identify that it must be fall but then as our eyes scan down we can see the white rubble‚ I initially thought this could have been snow‚ and the reflection of the trees in the puddles. Behind the trees we see people walking and the women wearing long dresses‚ what looks to be a horse and townhouses. We
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Comparison and Contrast Essay: Seurat and van Gogh In the late 1800s‚ when Impressionist movement had lost most of its momentum‚ the Post-Impressionists appeared‚ started to seek for distinguishable styles‚ concentrate on themes and deeper meanings and express strong personalities and emotions rather than just focus on optical impressions. Among them were Georges Seurat and Vincent van Gogh‚ fathers of Pointillism and Expressionism respectively‚ two notable styles in the Post-Impressionism as well
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Claude Monet was born on 14 November 1840 on the 5th floor of 45 rue Laffitte‚ in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.[3] He was the second son of Claude Adolphe Monet and Louise Justine Aubrée Monet‚ both of them second-generation Parisians. On 20 May 1841‚ he was baptized in the local parish church‚ Notre-Dame-de-Lorette‚ as Oscar-Claude‚ but his parents called him simply Oscar.[3][4] (He signed his juvenilia "O. Monet".) Despite being baptized Catholic‚ Monet later on became an atheist.[5][6] In
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Rebecca Shulman February 25‚ 2013 ENGL 205-04 Epic and Romance Paper #1: Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh‚ 1889 Swirls mix with white‚ yellow‚ blue‚ and black as the town sleepily yet still so helplessly moves on with its life. No one can truly understand the mystery of the night until they’ve watched it grow. The night is born so magically as the sun of the day descends over the horizon and the moon peeks in through the shadows. It’s a darker sun‚ and although it is not quite as bright
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Vincent Van Gogh‚ one of the most well-known post-impressionist artists‚ for whom color was the chief symbol of expression. He was born in Groot-Zundert‚ Holland on March 30‚ 1853.Between November of 1881 and July of 1890‚ Vincent van Gogh painted almost 900 paintings. Since his death‚ he has become one of the most famous painters in the world. Van Gogh sold only one painting in his life‚ the aftermath of his work is enormous. Van Gogh’s paintings have captured the minds and hearts of millions of
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Claude Monet Mieka Scott Advanced Topics in Foreign Language Mrs. Roos 1/31/14 “Skills come and go… Art is always the same: a transposition of nature that requests as much will as sensitivity.” This quote by Claude Monet displays one of his many opinions on the craft. He believed that an artist had to have a painting in his head before starting‚ and was sure of the way he was going to execute it. Other than that‚ however‚ there was not much to understand. All else that art required
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French artist‚ Claude Monet‚ was born November 14‚ 1840 in Paris‚ France. He experimented with loose handling‚ bold color‚ and strikingly contrasting styles . As he matured‚ he became more aware to light and color. Monet also became increasingly sensitive to the decorative qualities of color and form‚ and began to apply paint in smaller strokes. Claude Monet uses cool blues and green tones that become balanced out by the colors of the bright flowers with small and short brushstrokes throughout the
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HISTORY OF ART 5 OUTCOME: Analysis Café Terrace at night: Van Gogh The outcome that I choose is analysis to compare‚ to contrast‚ to distinguish‚ to point out and to relate the painting charateristics. The painting “Café Terrace at Night” was a painting made by Van Gogh. Today‚ it was called Café Van Gogh it was placed in Paris. It was a painting representing the exterior of the café at night. In the painting you will notice the light coming from the cafeteria it was yellow and it is
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Claude Monet was among the leaders of the French Impressionist movement of the 1870s and 1880s. His 1873 painting Impression‚ Sunrise gave the style its name‚ and as an inspirational talent and a personality‚ he was crucial in bringing its adherents together. Inspired in the 1860s by the Realists’ interest in painting in the open air‚ Monet would later bring the technique to one of its most famous pinnacles with his so-called series paintings‚ in which his observations of the same subject‚ viewed
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