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Owning a home is an important step in everyone’s life. Most people want a place they can call their own, to live in a space without relying on the dependency of others. Throughout his life, Van Gogh had lived in approximately thirty-seven different homes, some of which he only spent weeks in. Due to his financial status, Van Gogh would constantly have to rely on the hospitality of his family and friends, spending his time as nothing more than a border. However, in 1888 he was final able to find a home of his own within the ‘Yellow House’ in Arles France. This home was the first he could ever call his own, and served as a source of inspiration inspiring multiple paintings showing off his space (Groom). The painting by Van Gogh entitled Bedroom at Arles (Figure 1) in 1889 (oil on canvas) held a remarkable significance for him, embodying a sense of stability and independence, where he could freely work to express his creativity. The term home has many different connotations, but in each it refers to a sense of belonging and…

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…

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…

of death. Confirmed to have been completed sometime between June 16-18 (Whitney 356), the artist’s mental state could also have contributed to the creativity of the piece. The nature of this painting is slightly unusual for Van Gogh’s previous works because this one “did not paint on the spot; instead, the artist aggrandized and melded together a variety of seen motifs to create an ecstatic visioin” (Sund 672). This idea was confirmed by Charles A Whitney in his article, “The Skies of Van Gogh”…

back in with his parents to continue practicing his art. At this point, he learned of Jean-François Millet and often integrated Millet’s work in the early work of his own. In 1885, Vincent attended The Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp where he wanted to improve his art techniques. This is where he became increasingly interested and influenced in various Japanese artists and impacted van Gogh’s individual style greatly. Following his attendance of The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, van Gogh…

Night Cafe Who was Vincent Van Gogh? And why the night cafe is one of his masterpiece and most famous painting? In the Modernist world there were so many fabulous and famous paintings but in this essay I want to focus in Vincent Gogh.Vincent Gogh was born on March 30 of 1853 in Netherland. He studied paintings while living in Paris in 1886. He was a Dutch artist whose work had a far reaching influence on 20th-century art. He never married he declared his love to Eugénie Loyer, but she reject…

Van Gogh used all of the elements of art in “Starry Night”, but some call more attention to themselves than others. Line, for example is a prominent feature in this piece. Form, however must be searched for. See it? It’s hidden in the small houses tucked away under the night sky. I notice that color also dominates this piece, with strokes of blue littering the scene, with a beautiful contrast of yellow to represent stars. I see many organic shapes with the dark figure of the cypress tree, and…

LaCroix is the Beyonce of the beverage world, rising from a humble niche market to absolute domination and saturation in a short time. Starting in Wisconsin in the 1980’s, LaCroix appealed to the “health-conscious, budget-wise women in middle America” (Nelson, 2016). Now, LaCroix can be found in every college student's fridge, hip office, and beyond. So how did a product lay essentially dormant for decades, and then within a year or two burst into every store in America? A key appeal of…

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…

Jamie Policky Jean Forst English 1002 21 October 2014 The Starry Night There are only so many series of unfortunate events that one can handle. Feeling alone or unimportant can lead to some very drastic decisions. Even the decision to take one’s own life. Anne Sexton shows just that in her poem The Starry Night. Reaching out to readers with profound meaning, the writer expresses battling thoughts of suicide as a lonely woman seeking to be accepted. The title comes from the famous painting…