Analysis Of Vincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night

Have you ever looked at a painting and thought, what is this suppose to be? What is the artist trying to express in this painting? All paintings have a purpose, an expression, an inspiration, or a psychological reason behind it. Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night looks as if a young child would have drawn it as their idea of a haunted house, but it is known that this painting is the view from his window while he was locked up in an asylum during his “crazy” years. Van Gogh made most of his famous pieces during his “crazy” years, as did Richard Dadd. Dadd’s more famous work was done after he was committed to a psychiatric hospital and diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Many mental illnesses such as, bipolar, schizophrenia, and depression …show more content…
This piece is very colorful and realistic. It had five young children placed around the kitchen table, a young boy laying under the table trying to feed his toy dinosaur eggshells, another young boy sitting on a chair reading a book called Birds at Home, a pretty blonde haired little girl leaned over a chair looking off in the distance as she had nothing to do with the mischief that is happening, another little girl standing in the dining room chair playing with her dress looking out of the window, and my favorite the toddler squatting on top of the table petting the cat. There are eggshells all over the table and floor and a bowl sitting in the middle of the table as if the kids were trying to cook for themselves. You can tell by the background, toys, clothes, and books that this family is not from this century. The elegant chandelier hanging above the table and the sewing machine off to the side in the background suggest that it was taken in the 1960’s or 1970’s. And just glancing at this photo some may not notice the very small blue bird perched on the back of one of the kitchen …show more content…
This piece of art was a painting of a young girl knitting what looks like a white stocking. She is knitting with three double point needles, which says she has to be experienced in knitting. She was alone in the painting and the artist painted her as if she was looking at you, so that you could look inside her eyes and feel what she is feeling. This is what caught my attention as I was walking by, it was almost as if someone was glaring at me. In the back ground there was stone, grass, and dirt, it almost looks as if it is next to an ally. The background did not have a lot of color and was very plain, which made the young girl stand out as she leaned against the stone wall. She had beautiful flowing black hair and big piercing brown eyes, wearing a bulky white and red dress and had features as if she is from an Italian