Acropolis Museum

Inside of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City holds the iconic painting, The Starry Night. Dutch Expressionist Vincent Van Gogh created this painting in 1889, using oil on canvas. The Starry Night is considered to be one of the most famous works of art of all time and is the perfect idealization of Post-Impressionist Art. Post-Impressionism is the reaction of impressionists against the naturalism to discover line, form, color, and emotion. Van Gogh turned to art as an outlet for expressing…

Vincent Van Gough was born in Groot-Zundert, Holland on March 30, 1853. His father, Theodorus Van Goh was a Protestant minister, so he grew up in a religious atmosphere. A year before Vincent was born, his mother, Cornelia, gave birth to a son, named Vincent, who was stillborn. Throughout his childhood, he was haunted by the baby’s grave with his own name on it. He was the oldest of his siblings which consisted of one younger brother and three younger sisters. His mother encouraged him to draw…

From being able to understand Van Gogh’s ‘Almond Blossoms’, his life, and how the Van Gogh Museum portrays this image one is able to validate why this artwork is a masterpiece. A formal visual analysis of ‘Almond Blossoms’ will give information to the viewer, besides one’s visual observations. This painting is an impressionist painting because…

peers talk with passion about the way a piece of art has changed their life or enhanced it, and I think to myself ‘how?’ and ‘why don’t I feel that way?’ It frustrates me that I can’t understand my own lack of understanding. I have walked through museums of art and been numb to feeling, attracted to only things my mind could comprehend or pieces that used bright colors. I was originally attracted to The Starry Night because I remembered painting it when I was young and it gave me a happy feeling…

that goes into the event itself. Summary of the film The First Monday in May follows the behind the scene storyline of how The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition of “China: Through The Looking Glass” came to life, as well as the effort it took to host the 2015 Met Gala. The exhibition of “China: Through the Looking Glass” is The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s most attended fashion exhibit to date. The film also studies the importance of fashion in our culture, and balances the line between…

Monet Shrine: A Look Behind the Scenes Claude Oscar Monet was an artist that captured the beauty of nature all around him and could leave you stunned by his end products. Monet was born on November 14, 1840, in Paris on the fifth floor of 45 rue Laffitte. He later passed at the age of 86 years old on December 5,1926, from lung cancer. Monet began his young education at the secondary school of arts. Monet was mentored by Eugene Boudin, who taught him how to use oil paints and techniques on how…

Introduction Pablo Picasso is the most important figure of 20th century, in terms of art and art movement that occurred over the period. Before the age of 50, the Spanish born artist had become the most well-known name in modern art, with distinct style and eye for artistic creation which influenced artists, painters, and explained more on the human conditions. .Human condition is the subconscious sense of guilt and agony we each carry of being unable to explain humans’ contradictory capacity…

Juan Linares Mr. Maust 2 February 2016 Nocturne An Analysis of The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh “This morning I saw the countryside from my window a long time before sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big,” wrote Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo. Fascinated by oil and water brush style painting, and brooding in a slow gloom of the mind, van Gogh remains the most well known impressionist artist around the world. Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night has risen…

Byzantine and the Renaissance are two major periods in the history of art. During this time different forms of art were influence by religion. During these eras, artist produce pieces of art that represented Christ, the Virgin Mary, or the Saints. These masterpieces reflected the ideas and artistic thoughts that were evolved during these time periods. This essay will compare and contrast two masterpieces (Virgin (Theotokos and Child between Saints Theodore and George and The Maestà, Museo…

After the Dada movement, Surrealism was born in the early 20th century. Dada was an artistic movement that brought about just as much thought as reactions to World War I did. The Dada movement was mostly based on irrational thoughts over rational ones, free art as well as human expectations. Unlike this concept, Surrealism did not have a war idea behind it, rather it had more of an imaginative notion. With guidance of subconscious dreams, Surrealism emerged, letting the imagination go untethered…