Late at Night

“Starry Night” is a poem by Anne Sexton that was written to show her own analysis of the painting by Vincent van Gogh which holds the same name. While the painting is a beautiful work in itself, Sexton’s poem provides details that accentuates the painting. Sexton’s interpretation of the painting is completely angled toward a beautiful death experience. Sexton’s poem is filled with imagery, figurative language, and diction that brings more life and understanding to the painting. Anne Sexton…

People can sometimes feel welcome with open arms in a crowd full of perfect strangers. being around strangers can bring warmth to the room and comfort to a worried mind while not truly knowing anyone. Another person in the room may feel the complete opposite because they are unable to connect with new people easily. In a painting by Rob Gonsalves, the viewer is shown the difference between being lonely and being alone. This beautiful experience of the painting begins by pulling your eyes toward…

The essay written by S.I. Hayakawa “What It Means to Be Creative” went over many aspects that are seen in Van Gogh. Van Gogh was a famous painter from about 1888 to current, seeing as his paintings are still sought after to this very day. He was also famous for cutting off his own ear. Through his letters to his brother Theo he has given us a look into his life, in addition we see the pain and suffering, as well as the joy he went through from day to day. In the Hayakawa essay he named numerous…

and meanings. They each have a purpose in the artwork. A line for example, can draw the eye to a specific part of the art piece and color can emphasize a region of the artwork that the artist wants the viewer to pay closer attention to. The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh was painted in June of 1889. The view is from his room at Saint-Remy-de-Provence asylum. This piece was supposedly painted from memory and the stars are said to be based on a constellation Van Gogh had seen earlier. One of…

mathematically. At the end of the astronomer lecture, everyone in the room applauded the astronomer. While he the speaker goes to the lecture room because he started, feeling exhausted and worn out. His mind wandered away, he the speaker looks up into the night sky and sees that there is magic in the air. In Whitman's poem, Whitman uses his example of the astronomer to show the people the differences between experiential learning and academic learning. The speaker finds the astronomer…

movement, The Starry Night is one of Gogh’s most acclaimed paintings. His sheer brilliance of artistic talent is pleasantly conveyed to the viewer through a beautiful colour scheme and perfectly layered brushstrokes. The Starry Night is a mesmerizing visual expression of Gogh’s tortured emotional and spiritual state expressed through an imaginative and dramatic canvas. From the provided visual , I have observed whirling clouds , thousands of shining stars in the night sky and…

Despite the absence of artist's inscription, signature, or seal, experts consider Night-Shining White as the most famous work of Han Gan (韓幹; active CA. 742–756), a leading horse painter of the Tang dynasty (唐618–907). To Grace Glueck of The New York Times, Night-Shining White is “one of the most appealing animals in Chinese art” (Glueck, 1997). This painting reveals a window to reach a further understanding of Chinese culture, as it points out the socio-political role that art played through…

The origin of zombie, also known by “zombi” or “zonbi”, according to Christie (2011), Farghaly (2014) and Platts (2013) has its roots tracing back to Haitian folklore of Vodoun (Voodoo or Vodou) magic (Christie 2011, p. 10; Farghaly 2014, p. 8; Platts 2013, p. 549). It is a product of the supernatural, combined with a vague applied science of pharmacology (Farghaly 2014, p. 9). Here, we shall examine the cinematic (North American) version of zombie which is vastly different from its Haitian…

One of Vincent van Gogh’s famous artworks “The Starry Night” was painted oil on canvas in the summer of 1889 from his cell room at the asylum in Saint Remy.…

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…