Twelfth Night Essay

The image I analyzed was one of Van Gogh’s most famous, “Starry Night” This painting was created in 1889. The image itself is an oil painting, and is currently located at the Museum of Modern art in New York City. This is image is the view from Van Gogh’s room at an asylum he put himself into and was painted from memory afterwards. At first glance this image automatically creates a sense of calmness. With its dark warm colors and the seemingly flowing lines that create the image itself. This…

contrast the darkness of colours used for the figures. The vivid deep colours used expresses the feelings of terror and panic. Munch’s use of subdued tones for the background captures the tranquility of the sun just setting, advancing on to the early night. The spacing of the individuals walking together is not present which creates a tight and claustrophobic sense. Munch has used informal balance for this painting creating a sense that the crowd of individuals outweighs the lonely individual…

CYGNUS One of the most prominent constellations in the night sky, and one of the most involved and eventful regions of space, the Cygnus constellation and its surrounds are fascinating, and a worthwhile talking point for many a topic. Occupying an area of 804 square degrees, Cygnus is the 16th largest constellation in the night sky; it lies in the fourth quadrant of the northern hemisphere, with right ascension at 20.62, and declination at +42.03: in other words, if you were in the northern…

Starry Night was painted by a post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh in the late 19th century. It is one of Van Gogh’s best known paintings and it is hanged in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Van Gogh completed more than 2,100 works and he was notable for his beautiful and delicate paintings. The use of color, vehement brushwork and the silhouetted form of his work greatly influenced Expressionism in modern art. One of his greatest artwork, The Starry Night brought him to an opening of…

In 1889, a Dutch painter by the name of Vincent van Gogh created this piece called Wheat Field with Cypresses. This painting's medium was oil on canvas and had a dimension of 28 7/8 x 36 ¾ in. A Cypress is an evergreen coniferous tree in which van Gogh loved to capture and paint landscapes with the trees in it. He considered this to one of the best summer landscapes. An element found in this piece by Vincent van Gogh is line. Lines are all over in this piece and the lines connect to each other…

A fine example of beautiful art is, Vincent Van Gogh’s painting Starry Night Over the Rhone was created in 1888. Other than this particular piece Van Gogh created large assortment of night paintings because “…before he became an artist, Vincent van Gogh was fascinated by the cycles of nature and human life and the times of day.” (Van Gogh and The Colors of the Night. 9) He was looking to capture the emotions and feelings of the times. Gogh’s work appeals to us not only for it being pleasing to…

Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh and The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck are both famous paintings that were painted during the Post-Impressionism era and the Early Renaissance era. Each piece is unique and display different artistic composition. Starry Night portrays a glowing night sky over a village and The Arnolfini Portrait portrays a wealthy couple holding hands in a bedroom. The differences in time period and the artists’ experiences influenced the aesthetics of both artworks. Vincent…

The Starry Night painting by Vincent Van Gogh was painted in 1889. It was an oil canvas of the night sky. Van Gogh was a fanatic for night time and showed that in this painting. In Starry Night, the light is shining bright with energy and life, with a very quiet village below. Van Gogh put the cypress tree in his painting to connect the earth and sky, some say that he used the tree to reflect his own thoughts about death. Van Gogh depicted a lot of darkness in this oil painting, but made it seem…

works, consisting of 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, and sketches. A few of his well known artworks include: 'The Starry Night' 'Sunflower' 'Self Portraits'. Vincent Van Gogh painted 'The Starry Night' in the asylum where he was staying in Saint-Remy, France, in 1889. The oils painting depicts an expressive swirling night sky and a sleeping village, with a large flame-lie cypress, thought to represent the bridge between life and death, looming in the foreground.…

I decided to write about the piece Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and the piece Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson. I believe there are similarities between the two pieces as well as some differences that makes each piece stand out. Each piece uses a different element of art and a principle form of art that makes the two pieces very noteworthy to the viewers. I chose these two pieces, because I can see why and how each of the two artist created their piece and it’s very interesting how…