Critical Analysis on The Night Cafe by Vincent Van Gogh
In 1888, Vincent Van Gogh painted a painting called The Night Cafe. He used oil on canvas as his medium and used a 72,4 cm by 92.1 cm canvas. The subject matter of the piece is a narrative, and the setting takes place indoors. To be more specifically it’s in a cafe which contains many still lives such as clocks, tables, chairs, glasses, and much more.In addition to the still lifes there is also many people doing a variety of things throughout the artwork. Around the room there are portraits, tables, chairs, and a billiard table placed directly in the center. The shape of the room is simplistic; it's rectangular with an opening in the back that seems to lead to another room. Besides that …show more content…
He used contour lines to define the shape of many objects like the billiard table, floor, tables, light bulbs, paintings, glasses, people, and bottles. Another way he used line was to show direction and dimension. For instance at areas on the wall there are lines that go up and down indicating that the wall is vertical and also turns at that point, making a three-dimensional effect. Another place he uses line to show direction is in the floor where there are semi-parallel lines going down the canvas showing that the floor boards are placed in that direction. Another aspect to notice about the lines on the floor is that the distance between them decrease as they move back into the room. Not only does this show dimension, but it also shows the perspective of the artist. A principle used is movement; for this artwork the movement goes from the bottom left of the canvas where the chairs and tables are made bigger to seem like they’re closer to the viewer. It then moves along with the way the tables are set: along the side of the walls towards the back of the room on the right (up the left side of the canvas) then across the back (from left to right at the top of the canvas) and lastly, down the right wall with more tables. In the center of the room is the billiard table, and to keep it from intruding the movement, a large space is left between the tables and the billiard tables. Another principle
In 1888, Vincent Van Gogh painted a painting called The Night Cafe. He used oil on canvas as his medium and used a 72,4 cm by 92.1 cm canvas. The subject matter of the piece is a narrative, and the setting takes place indoors. To be more specifically it’s in a cafe which contains many still lives such as clocks, tables, chairs, glasses, and much more.In addition to the still lifes there is also many people doing a variety of things throughout the artwork. Around the room there are portraits, tables, chairs, and a billiard table placed directly in the center. The shape of the room is simplistic; it's rectangular with an opening in the back that seems to lead to another room. Besides that …show more content…
He used contour lines to define the shape of many objects like the billiard table, floor, tables, light bulbs, paintings, glasses, people, and bottles. Another way he used line was to show direction and dimension. For instance at areas on the wall there are lines that go up and down indicating that the wall is vertical and also turns at that point, making a three-dimensional effect. Another place he uses line to show direction is in the floor where there are semi-parallel lines going down the canvas showing that the floor boards are placed in that direction. Another aspect to notice about the lines on the floor is that the distance between them decrease as they move back into the room. Not only does this show dimension, but it also shows the perspective of the artist. A principle used is movement; for this artwork the movement goes from the bottom left of the canvas where the chairs and tables are made bigger to seem like they’re closer to the viewer. It then moves along with the way the tables are set: along the side of the walls towards the back of the room on the right (up the left side of the canvas) then across the back (from left to right at the top of the canvas) and lastly, down the right wall with more tables. In the center of the room is the billiard table, and to keep it from intruding the movement, a large space is left between the tables and the billiard tables. Another principle