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While history has been marked by incredible artists that have changed the landscape of the arts and society. Still few stand out as much as Vincent van Gogh has in history, and while his works have been praised for centuries and rumors abound his life and legacy often the truth of such famous artists is rarely known and spoken about. This is why this essay will explore the life and work of Mr. Van Gogh as his life, a life that will expose just who Vincent van Gogh truly was and how his life and…

The Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) inspired by his Impressionist predecessors, cultivated a style that would be come to be known as Post-Impression. Van Gogh’s style expressed psychological and emotional responses to the surrounding world with an enhancing and expanding upon Impressionism. He used a brighter palette of colors with a looser brush stroke that left visual evidence of its action on the canvas. Historically, Van Gogh was known for having suffered from deep depression…

The Museum of Modern Art: Business Model Examination Report The Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art is a non-profit organization engaged in the business of acquisition and exhibition of modern art in various forms for children, adults, and other organizations. The museum was established in 1929 and is located in New York (Museum of Modern Art, 2016). Currently the museum contains, “almost 200,000 works from around the world spanning the last 150 years”, and it “includes an…

Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch artist born March 30, 1853 who moved to France at the age of 27 and became influenced by Impressionist art. Van Gogh’s work has immense emotion and color that helped influence art of the 20th century modern art; however he only sold one painting during his lifetime. Unfortunately, the renowned artist suffered from mental illness and spent most of his time agonizing at an asylum in Saint Remy, France where he painted portraits to convey his emotional and spiritual…

Introduction/ History Remembering one’s history is important in creating a productive and successful future. The Met does just that. During the early 1900s, the founding fathers of the Met experienced financial difficulties. These struggles helped orchestrate a new vision and inspired them to create an innovative PATH (prayer, attendance, tithes and offerings, and hospitable invitation), which continues today with nearly 1,100 members. The Metropolitan Baptist Church was established in 1917…

From the era of invention to the Jazz age, there has been a plentiful amount of beautiful and meaningful pieces of art produced. "The Prodigal Son" by Aaron Douglas, and "Les Demoiselles d 'Avignon" by Pablo Picasso are two examples of art from these time periods. By reading into these paintings it 's possible to grasp the artist 's feelings and thoughts along with an understanding of life, and how the social climates were during their time periods. Even though they 're separated by two…

Emily Dickinson did live fifteen years next to a cemetery, after all, as the Emily Dickinson Museum points out in their online article. Perhaps this article should be viewed more gothically considering how many deaths Dickinson did mourn throughout her life, and some of her other poems are more grotesque on the topic of the afterlife, but the dates…

An Old Man's Sorrow In the beginning of the twentieth century Pablo Picasso created something called the "blue period." During this period the style of artwork was monochromatic and usually used colors such as dark blue or greens. Use of such colors gave the paintings of the time a gloomy and sorrowful appearance. One of the most well-known paintings of this time is The Old Guitarist. From the stark contrast creates a disjointed message of a young man's mind. Picasso portrays his old man as…

The two artworks that will be discussed in this essay is The Third Of May which is a oil painting made in 1814 by Francisco Goya and The Butcher Boys wish is a 3D, mixed media ( bone, clay, plaster etc.) sculpture made in 1984 by Jane Alexander. The Third Of May creates a very dull mood. The artist has chosen earth tones, and there is a strong contrast of dark and light within the artwork. This dramatic lighting is seen through the focal point; the young Spanish man with his arm's…

Thomas Hart Benton painted The Wreck of the Ole 97 uses a variety of elements and principles to highlight the importance and the realism in his piece. Benton uses lines to create the train,the people, and the plants which are mostly made from irregular lines.Because he painted shapes with irregular lines the figures are not geometric but organic especially the people and plants. He does paint few regular lines like the track, the train and the wagon. The track is made from one geometric…