Starry Night Over the Rhone

just your typical night; it is a night which is brighter than day; a festival which is even visible from space, Diwali. ‘Deepavali’ is what Diwali was known as, it is derived from two words, deep as in a candle (light); avali means a row. Hence, the meaning of Deepavali is a row of lights; this has an ancient story behind it. Over a billion people celebrate Diwali making it the most observed holiday in India. On this day lanterns, electric lights and fireworks illuminate the night to celebrate…

"A Starry Night" shows a lot of emotions and great piece of work by Vincent Van Gogh. With brush strokes of thick paint, called impasto according to the textbook, van Gogh invented rhythms that convey his intense feelings. In 1889, during the Post-impression movement van Gogh created one of the most famous pieces of artwork with his oil on canvas “The Starry Night”. The piece captures the best use of line, shape, mass, space, motion, texture and color. Van Gogh had a talent like no other, which…

painted 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 was painted by a post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh in the late 19th century. It is one of Van Gogh’s best known paintings and it is hanged in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Van Gogh completed more than 2,100 works and he was notable for his beautiful and delicate paintings. The use of color, vehement brushwork and the silhouetted form of his work greatly influenced Expressionism in modern art. One of his greatest artwork, The Starry Night brought him to an opening of…

Cypress is an evergreen coniferous tree in which van Gogh loved to capture and paint landscapes with the trees in it. He considered this to one of the best summer landscapes. An element found in this piece by Vincent van Gogh is line. Lines are all over in this piece and the lines connect to each other giving it the feel of movement. By the position of the lines help make the trees look like they are blowing in the wind as if you were actually there. Space is another great element found is this…

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…

The Starry Night painting by Vincent Van Gogh was painted in 1889. It was an oil canvas of the night sky. Van Gogh was a fanatic for night time and showed that in this painting. In Starry Night, the light is shining bright with energy and life, with a very quiet village below. Van Gogh put the cypress tree in his painting to connect the earth and sky, some say that he used the tree to reflect his own thoughts about death. Van Gogh depicted a lot of darkness in this oil painting, but made it seem…