night sky. It was Galileo that took the an earlier inventor’s idea of the spyglass and innovated it in order to view objects that were of great distance appear closer and therefore enable him to accurately observe them. In his publication The Starry Messenger‚ Galileo describes the spyglass and the modifications that he made to it. This development of the spyglass is more evidence that science had developed
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depicts the restaurant as a social hotspot for fun get togethers that also can provide some comfort and excitement. In the background of this comic-like ad is a starry night and in large‚ blocky‚ letters the words‚ “Let’s Eat Out!” Directly underneath the words‚ there is a Mcdonald’s restaurant‚ with the signature Golden Arches included. The starry night suggests that Mcdonald’s in the best place to have dinner‚ and the use of an exclamation point in the phrase
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in the present‚ a world of health‚ of generous‚ frank carnal love — of friendship — of work‚ with the great starry firmament‚ something‚ in short‚ that one could only call God and eternity‚ put back in place above this world." Werness (1985) states these words describing Walt Whitman’s poetry may have served as inspiration for the artist‚ especially for van Gogh’s iconic painting‚ Starry Night. It was not long after this letter to his sister Wil that van Gogh voluntarily committed himself to
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1888 letter‚ there is a suggestion that Starry Night Over the Rhone is actually a "cheerful" painting of "lovers" out for an evening stroll along the scenic Rhone riverside under a brightly starlit sky. While a romantic meaning may have been envisioned by the artist‚ certain details and ambiguity in the final painting of Starry Night over the Rhone may show the existence of a darker meaning of the painting. Although Van Gogh’s overall approach toward the Starry Night Over the Rhone sketch seemed "cheerful"
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Artists often display emotion through their artwork. In 1604‚ Caravaggio painted the Entombment of Christ. Vincent Van Gogh painted Starry Night in 1889. Very close after‚ Edvard Munch painted The Scream in 1893. Lastly‚ Pablo Picasso painted Guernica in 1937. These four images convey the recurring theme of suffering through art. Caravaggio used oil on canvas to create the painting Entombment of Christ. This painting has many significant points that shows that the artists was expressing the emotion
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small town. There is a peaceful essence from the structures. The cool dark colors and the fiery windows spark warm memories of what exists in the night of the dark starry skies. There is a large dark structure‚ it is possibly a mountain or a large leafy bush. This painting has risen to the peak of artistic achievements (Van Gogh Starry Nights‚
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He was declared a heretic after claiming the sun was at the centre of the universe and it was not until recent years that the Church admitted that the Galileo case was handled poorly. Galileo published his beliefs in The Starry Messenger in which he stated that Jupiter had moons of its own‚ Venus had phases like the moon when only half of it was lit which is what would happen if Venus moved around the sun. Galileo also observed that the moon has mountains and has the same physical
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Art Critique of Café Terrace At Night Café Terrace at night is an oil canvass painting by the famous Dutch Artist Vincent Van Gogh. In the Painting‚ Van Gogh depicts the exterior of a side walk café on a starry night. We also see many people wandering on the streets or sitting on the terrace of the café. In the corner‚ we see a tree looming over the cobbled street. As it is taken place at night‚ we see that both of the buildings are illuminated. We also see a horse and a carriage
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Office Art Memo Jeffrey D Covington Hum 112 – World Cultures II Dr. Byron Wess Strayer University August 25th‚ 2013 Abstract In this paper I will be writing a memorandum to my “boss” about various pieces of art (s)he wants me to pick out to decorate the new corporate offices. I will be identifying three examples of 19th century Impressionist painting or sculpture and three Post-Impressionist works. In this memo I will explain how the six pieces of art fall into these two styles. Also I will
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Starry Night was painted by Vincent Van Gogh in 1889 in the village of Saint-Remy‚ in the south of France. It is an oil on canvas post-impressionist painting which depicts the view from Van Gogh’s window at night‚ although it was painted from memory during the day. Van Gogh’s artworks contrast greatly with those of Wassily Kandinsky. Composition VII was painted by Wassily Kandinsky in 1913‚ during his time in Munich‚ Germany. The style is abstract and very expressive.
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