Van Gogh's Starry Night Essay

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…

A Very Starry Night Vincent Van Gogh created Starry Night in an asylum looking out his window. This is the way that Van Gogh depicted nature. The painting was the most famous of all the paintings he did. It was the only painting he sold. Van Gogh painted two pictures of Starry Night but they did not come out the way he wanted them to. The idea of Starry Night was over a “land scape and not a town.” (Soth) He wrote to his brother Theo about his vision of what he thought about what he saw outside…

Vincent Van Gogh was born in 1853 in the village of Groot Zundert, in the northern region of the Netherlands. As a child, Van Gogh had shown little interest in art but at the age of sixteen he moved to The Hauge, where he worked for his uncle as a clerk for the art dealers Goupil and Co. for the next four years. However, after the influence of his father, a Protestant Pastor, Van Gogh left the firm to pursue theology studies, however, Van Gogh never completed his studies in theology and mission…

Starry Night and Number One Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night and Jackson Pollock's Number One are two very well known paintings in the art world. Both of these pieces were painted by iconic artists who have impacted the arts, and essentially made it into what society knows it as today. Both Van Gogh and Pollock are admirable artists, especially for breaking the norms of their times with their abstract techniques. Both Starry Night and Number One were created in the 1800-1900’s time frame,…

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 Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch painter who developed his works of art as a Post-Impressionist painter. He was a well known for his Western Art work; within a decade Van Gogh created around 2000 paintings that included landscapes, self-portraits, and still lives. When painting his famous artwork he used bold colors that were prominent in all of his artwork. Theses colors were always symbolic and dramatic. Van Gogh was a very closed man, meaning he loved to paint but he had no…

Vincent Van Gogh and Edvard Much paintings stand the test of time. Foraging new ideologies for our society and culture. Flowing and spiraling through the abysses of Van Gogh's and Munch's minds throws their emotional thoughts into the forms of paintings. Van Gogh is a Post-Impressionist artist meaning “he was drawn to bright colors and visible, distinctive brushstrokes” (Adams 789), with this in mind, the oil painting Starry Night was born. Stemming from this period was the emotional development…

Vincent van Gogh ART 1030: Intro to Art Jacob Vienna, 002 VIENNA, JACOB – VINCENT VAN GOGH Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter who is considered to be one of the greatest Dutch painters to ever live. One thing van Gogh is known for is the emotion in his work. I chose to write this paper about van Gogh due to this. In Starry Night, van Gogh communicates his feelings of coldness and darkness in his life. Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in…

To start, van Gogh’s depiction of a landscape is different and similar to what I thought a landscape would look like. I imagine a landscape to be sunny and have a pretty sky with bright colors such as reds, oranges, and yellows. Also, I imagine buildings and homes to be in a landscape. To add, green grass and rolling hills would be beautiful in a landscape. Basically, I think of a landscape to make someone feel happy. My thoughts of a landscape are similar to van Gogh’s because he has buildings,…

can you tell? This artwork (Starry Night) falls under the painting category for art. You can tell this because because of the brush strokes visible and how the color is somewhat blended together. Turn your attention to the piece as a whole. Take a few minutes to look at the artwork in its entirety and answer the following questions. a. How does the artist use color? Are there stark contrasts or is it blended? Are there symbolic meanings behind the color choices? Van Gogh uses color first by…