The Starry Night is one of a famous painting that Van Gogh painted in 1889 in Saint-Remy, France. The size of this painting is 29 x 36 1/4" (73.7 x 92.1 cm), it kind of medium and it made of oil on canvas. This painting shows Van Gogh's current situation of his life. His tangled life and aspiration are reflected in The Starry Night. There are stars in the night, although the brightness of the stars are not high, but at least it still emits light, even if God can give Van Gogh only little guidance
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When most people first hear the name Van Gogh, they think of the Van Gogh portrayed by popular culture – brilliant, tormented, and driven to insanity by his artistic dedication. Yet this portrayal of Van Gogh fails to acknowledge the artist’s role as a social critic – a critic influenced significantly by his socioeconomic circumstances. Even modern-day art historians, those people deemed most likely to consider Van Gogh from every possible viewpoint, often reject this facet of the artist. They instead
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Vincent Van Gogh was born in Brabant village of Zundert on March 30th, 1853. He was the child of a Protestant minister, under the name of Theodorus Van Gogh, and Anna Carbentus. Van gogh was well educated and excelled in all fields. This caused him to transfer from the village school in Zundert at age 11 to a boarding school in Zevenbergen. At this age, he showed little no no special artistic abilities. He went to secondary school at a different boarding school in Tilbury, and he received outstanding
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brushstrokes and has a very rich texture. Starry Night did not become such a well-known painting until Van Gogh’s death a year later in 1890. After his death, the original painting was sold between numerous people before the Museum of Modern Art acquired it and placed it in their museum in New
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The artwork that I have chosen is titled, "The Starry Night, 1889" by Vincent Van Gogh. This painting is known for being one of Van Gogh's most famous artworks and this painting specifically depicts the window view from his asylum room at Saint-Remy-de-Provence. Van Gogh actually voluntarily checked himself into the Saint-Remy-de-Provence asylum due to the aftermath of him cutting off his left ear in Arles (1888) and confined himself to the institution. I personally think that Van Gogh's battle with
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Explication of Sextons “The Starry Night”, a painting by Vincent van Gough. Sexton and Van Gough both seem to find deep meaning and respectability in the night sky. The Setting of is the night sky above a town with emphasis on the details of the moon, sky, stars and clouds. Below, the sleepy village rests lifeless in the dark of night and does not receive the same attention as the sky. Sexton uses three stanzas containing similes, repetition, metaphors and alliteration to express her views
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studied intensely for years in the conservation studio of the Kroller-Muller museum in the Netherlands. Thanks to the damages of time, the color of a human cheek is visible in one of the larger cracks of the painting’s surface. Scientists and conservators began to collaborate, knowing from x-rays that there was a mysterious head of a woman underneath the surface layer of the field of flowers. The Kroller-Muller museum allowed the scientists to take Van Gogh’s “Patch of Grass” was taken to an atomic
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Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is a celebrated painting by Pablo Picasso that depicts five prostitutes in a brothel, in the Avignon Street of Barcelona. The controversial eye-catching painting now hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Les Demoiselles d Avignon work represents a major milestone in the history of modern art. Picasso's controversial and powerful painting broke all traditional concepts and perspective of ideal beauty. It distinguished him from other artists and ushered in the
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A Formal Analysis of Art Darlene Traci Kepner ART/101 February 17, 2013 Karen Witt A Formal Analysis of Art The visual literacy of line usage by both artists is extremely different from one another. Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" Sayre, H. M, (2010) (Fig.73) and LeWitt's "Wall Drawing No. 681” Sayre, H. M, (2010) (Fig.77) portray subject matter of different compositions. However, both depictions of art, also express, different qualities, styles, and eras. Van Gogh is from the eighteenth
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