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The Destructiveness of Jealousy and Greediness What made Othello, written by William Shakespeare in the 17th century, popular is that the play dealt with sensible topics as racism and race. The protagonist of the play is a dark skinned foreigner, surrounded by white characters. Othello’s race makes him sensible for criticism of the people around him, because he knows that he will always be the weaker ‘species’. But what is shown in this play is that it is not his race that will be his downfall.…

Charles Manson never killed anyone himself. Although, he was never found guilty for any of his murders, he is known for being the leader of the Manson Family. Charles manipulated his “family” into carrying out his horrific crimes for him. The Manson Family committed one of the most terrifying crimes in American History. According to Jeff Dunn, author of Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson, starting in the first-grade Charles would recruit gullible classmates to attack other students he…

Vincent van Gogh The artist I have selected is Vincent van Gogh. Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on March 30th, 1853, in Holland. Vincent was the oldest surviving child of Theodorus and Anna van Gogh. Vincent was a very common name in the van Gogh family. His grandfather, his uncle, and a still-born brother who was born a year to the day before him were all named Vincent. Much like his father, Vincent was one of 6. There was Vincent, two brothers, Theodorus “Theo”, Cal, and three…

Vincent’s Bedroom The Dutch artist known as Vincent Van Gogh painted the Bedroom in Arles in 1889. The painting is of Van Gogh's own bedroom, where he had eventually died after attempting to commit suicide. He is thought to have painted it to show his sadness and even reflect his suicide in 1890. In Don Mclean's tribute song known as 'Vincent', the lyrics points out the work of art as the following: “Now I understand what you tried to say to me, how you suffered for your sanity.” The bedroom…

Vincent Van Gogh (1853-90), the Post-Impressionist artist, is one of the most famous of all modern Dutch Painters, but his emotional and disturbed characteristics sometimes overshadows his work. To fully comprehend the remarkable impact of Vincent Van Gogh has had on art history and our culture, it is important first to examine the artistic and cultural environment in which Van Gogh was acquainted. Van Gogh’s religion was central in shaping both the images he painted and the artistic techniques…

Introduction This week digital field trip was a review of the artist Vincent Van Gogh. The painting of choice that was inspiring by Van Gogh is called The Starry Night painted in 1889. Content Vincent van Gogh painted Starry Night in 1889 during his stay at the asylum and used vivid colors for expression. Vincent painted this oil painting in France where it’s “plagued in the winter months by the mistral, strong winds that blow day after day out of the Alps down the Rhone River valley. The…

Vincent Van Gogh, Creative process, and the Painting Starry Star When people mention ‘Vincent Van Gogh’, we always think that he is a great artist. Nowadays, his artworks are displayed in many museums and appreciated by people in all over the world. Through the raise of his reputation after his death, his story and life are discovered and shared, which let people give him a new name, “mad genius”. Vincent’s life was not easy. Since he failed his careers as an art dealer, a preacher, and an…

Vincent Willem van Gogh, born on March 30, 1853 in Groot-Zunderch, Netherlands, would one day be considered one of the worlds greatest Dutch painters. However, as talented and intelligent as he was, he would remain poor throughout his life. He knew four languages, had natural talent as an artist, chose a life in the ministry, but did not conform to others ideology or expectations. He refused to take Latin exams as he believed it to be a “dead language of poor people”. Unfortunately, he also had…

Vincent van Gogh Zundert, a village in the south of Netherlands, saw the birth of Vincent van Gogh on March 30, 1853. At a very young age, Van Gogh began to showcase his talented skills, but he decided to pursue his childhood artistry at age 27. Vincent emerged as a symbol of Post-Impressionism because of his use of vivid colors, emotional portrayals, and unique canvas surfaces in every painting. Inspired by Seurat, he learned Pointillism from Émile Bernard. He intensified the color of his…

Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most renown artists of the late nineteenth century. Decades after his death, his portraits, landscapes, and scenes of everyday life are marveled at in museums across the globe. Most recently, from Winter ’16 – Spring ’16 The Art Institute of Chicago curated an exhibition titled Van Gogh’s Bedrooms, revolving around the artist’s series of paintings of his bedroom in Arles. The fame however came after the Van Gogh’s death, and he experienced a drought in buyers for…