Van Gogh And Leonardo Da Vinci: Painting Analysis

I chose to write about Vincent Van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci. I chose Van Gogh because I think that his art although it does have a dark meaning behind it is truly beautiful. My favorite painting done by Van Gogh is his painting titled The Starry Night. I am not a huge art fan but since I can remember this is one piece that I thought was done so incredibly well. The way he expressed the way he felt about death in this was amazing he took something so dark and scary to some people and made it into a true work of art. I love the way that he used the stars to symbolize the souls of the people who have passed on and at first honestly I did not know it was a tree I always thought it was a mountain but the way he uses the tree as a bridge from the life of peaceful village …show more content…
This painting with a meaning of death when explained by Van Gogh to me I would say that it bring beauty to something that seems as though so dark and scary. When it comes to talking about Van Gogh himself the man spark my interest. Since I am psychology student hearing about him and how troubled as a human being as he was really made me want to take a closer look and learn more about him to figure out was he was so troubled. Along with him sparking my interest the artist Leonardo da Vinci jumped out at me when talked about in class. This man is so well known and so famous for his painting of the Mona Lisa which was a marvelous piece, but learning about how he learned to paint people in certain ways made me think of him in a completely new way. I was so shocked when I heard that he would take people that were in the hospital on their deathbed with no family and take them back to his house and cut them open. This absolutely blew me away and quit honestly upsetted me that this man gets such praise for his work but yet his work involved gruissem