Van Gogh's Starry Night Essay

I think the scream is a great painting overall. I wanted to do Van Gogh’s Starry Night, but realized that wasn’t an option after reading the paper requirements since we looked at it in class. I was going to go for another Van Gogh painting, but when I looked up his name I found The Scream and went for that one. One thing that really brings the piece together is the lines. They definitely lead your eye all around the paper. You start focusing in on the face and then the blue lines of the river…

Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch artist born March 30, 1853 who moved to France at the age of 27 and became influenced by Impressionist art. Van Gogh’s work has immense emotion and color that helped influence art of the 20th century modern art; however he only sold one painting during his lifetime. Unfortunately, the renowned artist suffered from mental illness and spent most of his time agonizing at an asylum in Saint Remy, France where he painted portraits to convey his emotional and spiritual…

A fine example of beautiful art is, Vincent Van Gogh’s painting Starry Night Over the Rhone was created in 1888. Other than this particular piece Van Gogh created large assortment of night paintings because “…before he became an artist, Vincent van Gogh was fascinated by the cycles of nature and human life and the times of day.” (Van Gogh and The Colors of the Night. 9) He was looking to capture the emotions and feelings of the times. Gogh’s work appeals to us not only for it being pleasing to…

The 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…

I decided to write about the piece Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and the piece Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson. I believe there are similarities between the two pieces as well as some differences that makes each piece stand out. Each piece uses a different element of art and a principle form of art that makes the two pieces very noteworthy to the viewers. I chose these two pieces, because I can see why and how each of the two artist created their piece and it’s very interesting how…

The artwork I chose to imagine is Van Gogh’s famous oil painting called Starry Night. It was painted in June of 1889 and has grown to be known as one of his most famous paintings. Van Gogh was a post-impressionist and painted Starry Night from memory in his apartment. The view is of a village from a window in an asylum. I chose this painting because it has always been hanging in my Aunt’s living room. I would sleep over there during the summer since I was about two years old for a about a week…

that even the most disturbed of us can see beauty and can be seen as a symbol of hope for humanity. I believe that the mix of color, light to dark or dark to light however the viewer sees it, portrays that there is a beautiful struggle within Vincent Van Gogh. The beauty is outside of his four walls. The dark shades of blue represent what put him in the predicament he was in at the time but the brighter shades of blue and yellow represent the good within. His work really caught my attention…

express in this painting? All paintings have a purpose, an expression, an inspiration, or a psychological reason behind it. Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night looks as if a young child would have drawn it as their idea of a haunted house, but it is known that this painting is the view from his window while he was locked up in an asylum during his “crazy” years. Van Gogh made most of his famous pieces during his “crazy” years, as did Richard Dadd. Dadd’s more famous work was done after he was…

Artist Vincent Van Gogh was born March 30, 1853 in Groot-Zundert, Holland during Post-Impressionism period for artists. Vincent had prosperous family, his father Theodorus van Gogh was a pastor of protestant church, and his mother Anna Cornelia Carbentus was a moody artist and a daughter of King Willem who had bound the first Constitution of Holland. Vincent also had two younger brothers, and three younger sisters. Having lived in strict atmosphere, Vincent had trouble staying away from…

today somewhere; we will know only later. Vincent van Gogh was such a talent. He left a precious heritage for us all-his paintings. More than a century has passed since he gave our world one of his masterpieces, The Starry Night. He painted it in Saint Remy, France in June 1889. Gogh, as every other artist, is a product of his time. A time when the style of neo-impressionism flourished and the primary medium used was canvas on oil. The Starry Night follows that trend by being a canvas on oil…