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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 van…

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…

One of my favorite paintings from the Revolution of the palette: The First Synthetic and their Impact on French Artists exhibition was the Happy Lovers, c. 1760-65, oil on canvas by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. The painting size was 35-1/2 x 47-3/4 in. (90.2 x 121.3 cm). The painting depicts a happy couple, sitting in a nature, smiling, looking at each other with love, and enjoying their time together. On the background behind the couple the branches of leaves bended over and created a round shape…

The quest to find the truth, is not always what’s expected and can present itself with plenty of responsibility. The story “By the Waters of Babylon” tells a tale about a young man who is the son of the priest, that decides to go on a journey to the “Dead Places” in order to find the truth about the gods. When he arrives from his journey, he now has to decide what he will do with this new found truth and how he will maintain this new responsibility. His journey to the “Dead Places”, finding the…

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…

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…

Sir Anthony van Dyck, a young Flemish master in art of his age after working under Peter Paul Rubens and well known for his paintings working under said artists and on his own. With his prodigious skills and high demand, he was well known as a portraitist ¬and church painter in parts of Europe. Having traveled to difference countries for individual works, van Dyck developed a more mature style within portraits which was noted to be his strongest point as per suggestions by his mentor, Rubens…

from such fees, historians believe this is mostly due to his amazing skills and maybe a little to do with local common financial hardships of the people of that time. It was around this same time Johannes would meet a gentleman named Peiter van Ruijven, Mr. Ruijven would become a benefactor of Johannes and would come to buy most of the paintings Johannes would later come to paint. Johannes’ family would come to rely on the financial support of Peiter van Ruijven, his money would become very…

of the paintings he created. I believe these three topics are much needed if you want to learn anything about Van Gogh. Vincent Williem Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853. His parents were Theodorus and Cornelia Van Gogh. A year before he was born his mother had a stillborn baby boy, which they named Vincent as well . A year later Theodours and Cornelia had Vincent. Once Vincent was older, he saw the grave with his name on it and it haunted him. Vincent’s parents later had another son and three…

Vincent Van Gogh has completed more than 2,100 works, consisting of 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, and sketches. A few of his well known artworks include: 'The Starry Night' 'Sunflower' 'Self Portraits'. Vincent Van Gogh painted 'The Starry Night' in the asylum where he was staying in Saint-Remy, France, in 1889. The oils painting depicts an expressive swirling night sky and a sleeping village, with a large flame-lie cypress, thought to represent the bridge between…