M. Night Shyamalan

by Leonardo de Vinci didn’t have incredibly countless colors compared to Starry Night which was painted by Vincent van Gogh. Gogh’s Starry Night used mostly blue with hints of yellow, green and white, while the Mona Lisa used mostly brown with just a slight fragment of other colors in the background. Leonardo de Vinci could have used more colors in his painting like Vincent van Gogh did. On the other hand, Starry Night catches my…

1. Explain why The Starry Night is such a famous painting. If you think it should not be so popular, explain why. (1-2 ¶s) The Starry Night, by Vincent van Gogh, is a famous painting because he is using abstract art which makes it look different from other paintings. The painting is interesting because there’s a tree or giant bush object to the left of the picture, a town with rolling hills and the night sky. The night sky is very bright with the yellow crescent moon, the bright stars and the…

Edward Hopper’s painting Night Hawk is set in the film noir days (1920s); it shows people sitting in a classic style diner after midnight I presume because of the empty streets and closed shops around the diner. It displays the night sky in contrast to the brightly light interior of the old “mom and pops” style diner. Noticeable forms in this work of art include the wooden counter, which matches the surrounding stools, metal coffee containers in the aft, green trim around the windows, which…

Two pieces of art that I chose to compare and contrast would be, “Starry Night”, by Vincent Van Gogh and, “Road to Happiness”, by Victor Figol. These two paintings share characteristics and qualities that are alike and that differ. “Starry Night”, by Vincent Van Gogh, is a post-impressionist oil painting that was finished in 1889. This piece of art displays the beautiful night sky out of a window at an asylum where Vincent Van Gogh spent the last of his later life. He was able to spend…

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 his mental turmoil and depressed emotions, ideally represented in The Starry…

Adorned today on everything from t-shirts to coffee mugs, “Starry Night” serves as one of (if not the) most famous of Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings. Painted in 1889, under “a terrible need of religion” (Sund 673), the piece could very well be Van Gogh’s contemplation 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…

grade version of Vincent van Gogh’s painting, The Starry Night, is in my mom’s bathroom. When I painted it as a eight-year-old I enjoyed the piece of art for its simplistic bright colors and the mere fact that because van Gogh used paint to create it, I also got to use paint. Now my feelings are mixed and they’ve changed. I’ve experienced more life and more feeling since I was eight-years-old and because of that, the way I look at The Starry Night is different. I believe that people see this…

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…

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 now to the peak of…

Midnight in Chinatown In SFMOMA, the work that attracted me the most is “Midnight in Chinatown” taken by Williard E. Worden in 1903. As the name suggests, the photography depicts the Chinatown at midnight by using a long shot. There are Chinese traditional buildings along on the sides with dim lantern lights reflecting on the surface of ground. The photograph has a grey tone overall, which enhances a sense of quietness. The photographer uses the technique of perspective to suggest the endless…