“I put my heart and soul into my work‚ and I have lost my mind in the process.” - Vincent Van Gogh. A man who is known for his passion of painting but battled a fight of mental illness which ended up causing the end of his short artistic career. Van Gogh is considered one of the most fantastic painters of his time‚ though his work had not become popular until the 20th century. He has created over 1‚000 watercolors‚ drawings‚ sketches and produced over 1‚250 paintings in his last ten years of his
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• Girl with a Mandolin Pablo Picasso Texture from the artist’s handling of paint and brush Impressionist and Expressionist paintings possess an immediate physical presence that invites TOUCH. Alfred Sisley‚ Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne Vincent Van Gogh‚ The Red Vineyard TEXTURE IN 3D • Actual texture can be found in the natural quality of the medium. • The sculptor may also choose to enhance or to modify the original qualities of the material. • Praxiteles enhanced the marble medium which
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can be a creator but looking through the Van Gogh letters I see an ingenious person throughout the letters and the life he lived. An innovative person is “Willing to take a chance- to go out on a limb (S. I. Hayakawa‚ Page 1)” in many aspects of their lives. When taking a look at the Van Gogh letter he writes “I asked M. Peytron point-blank‚ since you are going to Paris‚ what would you say if I suggested that you be kind enough to take me with you (Van Gogh Letter 605‚ page2)” In this statement he
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Based on color‚ detail‚ and shape; Van Gogh’s painting draws the eye of the viewer and extends the imagination much more than the recent image does. Upon reading the assignment and searching for the options to choose from‚ I found myself struck bored. It was only until turning the page that my brain went‚ “Whoa!” The right image drew my eye immediately with its dark purple background‚ and then I turned to see the contrasting image on the left of the same exact building; making me want to examine
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Van Gogh’s Starry Eyes Brings Out a Starry Night Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night is probably his most famous painting. Instantly recognizable because of its unique style‚ this work has been the subject of poetry‚ fiction‚ CD-ROMs as well as the well known song "Vincent" or "Starry‚ Starry Night" by Don McLean. Starry Night was painted in the mental asylum of Saint-Remy‚ 13 months before Van Gogh’s death at the age of 37. This exemplary painting was made using oil paints on a canvas with the size
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art is born;his name is Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh lived a tragic life facing many struggles and several triumphs‚but he will always be remembered in history for being one of the most inspirational artists. Growing up Van Gogh’s family was fairly big:his family consisted of his parents‚three sisters‚two brothers‚ and of course Van Gogh himself. Van Gogh was also a troubled child‚ however‚ he noticeably was attached to his younger brother Theo‚who is an immense part of Van Gogh’s life. Vincent’s father
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Starry Nights Most people know Vincent Willem van Gogh‚ a Post-Impressionist painter in the 1800s‚ as the maker of The Starry Night. Fewer people‚ however‚ are aware that van Gogh first created The Starry Night Over the Rhone‚ which he painted during a happier period of his life. While both pieces employ the same style and portray a similar scene‚ the feelings evoked are entirely different. Despite the differences in mood‚ one cannot argue that van Gogh did not prove that “putting little white dots
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The artist I chose is Vincent van Gogh‚ because he is my favorite artist whose artwork always catches my eye. Van Gogh’s work is known for its beauty‚ color‚ and emotion. He influenced the 20th century a lot. Even though for most of his life he was poor and went unknown he continued to create beautiful pieces of artwork. Van Gogh was born in Groot-Zundert‚ Netherlands on March 30‚ 1853 and died in France on July 29‚ 1890 from a self-inflicted gunshot. Van Gogh was influenced by color and light‚
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Alex Montalbano Vincent van Gogh 1 In the painting Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh‚ you see two prominent swirls in the background in the sky. One swirl flows into the second‚ smaller swirl. Both light blue swirls are flowing to the right through a dark blue night sky. In the upper right hand corner is a yellow-orange crescent moon surrounded by a yellow glow. Also in the background are eleven variously sized yellow-orange stars scattered amongst the blue sky. At the bottom of the background‚ right
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interpretation of the viewer. The language of Art is like the body language on a persons face‚ the story is shown and emotion conveyed through the textures‚ colours and composition. The artists‚ Freydoon Rassouli‚ Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn and and Vincent Van Gogh will be used to examine this principle. The works of these artists‚ are for them‚ a way of showing the self within. They take their emotions‚ influences and through a chosen topic in a thematic sense‚ splash it across a canvass with
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