Starry Night Over the Rhone

To this day, The Starry Night still remains as an elusive work of art to art critics and students since its creation. Because Van Gogh's intentions of painting this piece were not known, critics tend to break down and analyze the painting through several different lenses. Some critics view this work as a religious piece depicting a story from the Bible. Others contend that Van Gogh was driven by the historical influences and public fascination with astronomy and astrology at the time. I, however…

Gogh created this painting he had to have thought out the design greatly because it is bursting with plenty of elements and principles of design. The design aspects of this painting are great and lead you all over the place to give you a story and understanding of the painting. Starry Night has many design elements and principles. Van Gogh used the primary triad in this painting. Blue is heavily used throughout the whole piece. Yellow is used mostly in the top part of the painting and the…

abstract expressionist drip paintings, such as Number 5 (1948), which sold in 2006 for the world record price of $140 million (Learnodo-Newtonic). Yet, the drip period from 1947 to 1950 formed only a brief part of his self-discovery journey that spanned over two decades, starting from traditional representational art and ending in abstract art. His journey resulted in a significant body of work that encompassed mainly paintings and murals. Pollock drew his initial influences from American…

was famous because of his talents towards painting (43). He was also famous for getting in a fight with a fellow painter and cutting off his own ear, only then to give it to his lover (43). One of Van Gogh’s many accomplishments is getting The Starry Night painting put up at the Louvre museum in France (100). Even though Van Gogh had done many things to almost get himself killed, he lived long enough to know people took an interest in his art…

Nocturne in Blue and Gold by Whistler (figure 4.34) and The Scream by Munch (figure 4.35). Compare: Nocturne in Blue and Gold and The Scream are alike in that they both use color to add emotion to their paintings. The sceneries are also very similar they both have a bridge of some sort, a person, and show the water and sky. Contrast: Nocturne in Blue and Gold and The Scream are very different in the emotions you feel when looking at both painting. Nocturne in Blue and Gold is more clam, and…

Paul Jackson Poolock was born on 28 January in 1912. He don’t like use the bush. He like use dark tone color and colorful depend his emotion. Style his painting is abstract. Color on his work can present emotion and have definition. His works are harshness, determinate and free. He died on 11 August in 1956. I choose him because I like abstract style and I like technique painting. he has a different concept. The first picture. He uses oil color and house paint on canvas. When I saw the picture…

The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh is an infamous work of art that many people find captivating (many for it’s vibrant colors and elaborate design, and some for the history of it’s creation). Van Gogh is an artist known for his elaborate works of art, those of which came in high demand after his death. As well being a mostly self taught artist, he produced over a 2,000 works of art, all of which are now praised for their beauty and design. Van Gogh, while brilliant, became mentally ill over…

INTRODUCTION – thesis statement (1 paragraph) This is the Oil on canvas painting that called Madame Charpentier and Her Children in 1878 By Pierre Auguste Renoir. The size is 153.7 X 190.2cm and kept in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. How is ________ the pivotal point towards his successful career as an artist? BODY 1 - Describe piece (1 paragraph) In this painting, there are 3 main character. Which are Madame Charpentier and her daughters. There is a dog on the left bottom corner lying on…

“I put my heart and soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.” This is one of many quotes made by Vincent Van Gogh, a famous artist from the 1800’s. He loved to paint, he believed painting and being an artist was his destiny; his calling. But sadly, he developed many mental and a few physical problems while fulfilling his destiny, thus why he lost his mind. But, he was not completely alone when these disorders happened, he had his brother, Theo, to help him. Theo encouraged…

Investigation Describe and Analyze: Starry Night is one of Vincent Van Gogh, a French post-impressionist, many famous paintings and is also the most well-known. This painting was created in 1889 and is an oil on canvas landscape painting. According to Wikipedia Vincent Van Gogh painted this painting while in an asylum and is actually a view out of his window. Today, Starry Night is owned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, New York and has been since 1941. The night sky background was the…