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"A Starry Night" shows a lot of emotions and great piece of work by Vincent Van Gogh. With brush strokes of thick paint, called impasto according to the textbook, van Gogh invented rhythms that convey his intense feelings. In 1889, during the Post-impression movement van Gogh created one of the most famous pieces of artwork with his oil on canvas “The Starry Night”. The piece captures the best use of line, shape, mass, space, motion, texture and color. Van Gogh had a talent like no other, which…

Piet Mondrian was one of the founders of the Dutch modern movement De Stijl. This movement is recognized for the purity of his abstractions and methodical practice. Beginning in 1904 he had become a landscape painter. He was influence by Jan Toorop and caused him to paint in a Symbolist manner. Mondrian worked in series, which allowed him to focus on one object at a time. “Mondrian was drawn toward the syncretic and universalizing ideas of Theosophy. Theosophy combined aspects of Christian and…

Humans are truly fascinating creatures. Have you ever wondered why we act like people in our family? Many of our actions come from observing and analyzing others. Whether we do it consciously or not we adopt behaviors of those around us. Humans crave a sense of belonging, or acceptance. This will push us to “fit in” and act as others in our social circle. We need to monitor our everyday actions, considering the fact that we must lead by example. Open-mindedness is a vital quality to…

The contrasting and comparing Frans Hals’ “The Women Regents of the Old Men’s Home in Haarlem and Rembrandt’s “Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp” is like fastening a window to a mirror set at an angle reflecting the occupant of the room and the figures of the passers-by. Nevertheless, had Hals and Rembrandt set up such a mirrors in their studio windows, at Haarlem and Amsterdam, in the middle of the seventeenth century, fixing the reflections by some magical progression, the end results are something…

Many artists throughout the world have looked to the Japanese as inspiration for their own art. Artists such as Van Gogh, Monet, and Picasso have utilized the Japanese style, known as Japonisme to give their art a fresh look, or just to experiment with new things. A very accomplished artist, James Tissot, used this Japanese style in his earlier works. Tissot began his art career in the mid 1850’s while studying in college. It was in the 1860’s when he began to experiment with the eastern art…

Mauritas Cornelis Escher, also known as M. C. Escher, has been a well-known for his spectacular art of illusions. Born on June 17th, 1898 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, his father wished for him to try to learn to become a carpenter and try other crafting skills (World of Mathematics 1). When he was out of elementary, he did not graduate from secondary school. He went to multiple schools to find his interest and when he was in the School of Architecture Ornamental Design located in Haarlem,…

Hello. This is the life of Frederic Chopin. Fryderyk Chopin, the polish variation of his name, was born in Zelazowa Wola, 46 kilometers west of Warsaw. The baptismal record gives his birthday as February 22, 1810, and cites his given names in the latin form, Fridericus Franciscus. However, the composer and his family used the birthdate March 1st. Nicolas Chopin, Frederic’s father, was a Frenchman from Lorraine who had emigrated to Poland in 1787. Nicolas tutored children in the Polish…

Henri Rousseau was a French post impressionist painter. He was given the nickname Le Douanier due to a job that he had during 1871-1983, he was working at the Paris Customs office. Rousseau was serving his country during his time in the Army prior to his artistic career. In 1893 he had retired, and decided to focus on painting and making it his number one priority. By giving his full attention to painting he was opening up new doors to the artistic world. Henri Rousseau decided to follow a…

Central Park painted by Adolf Dehn in 1942 using watercolor on paper, light colors in the front of the painting caught my eye when I was examining the photos. Adolf Dehn uses light colors such as a light green and people strolling through the park to portray the light side of New York City which is in the back of the painting with dark and grey colors with cloudy skies. In the center of the painting Dehn uses a white and light green mixture, suggesting the calmness of the painting. There are…

Effectively Responding to Change Norman Vincent Peale worked as an American Minister and author known for his work about positive thinking. A famous quote by him preaches, “Change your thoughts and you can change the world.” This quote relates to my essay very well because when you change your thinkings based on something else, good things can happen.One can respond to change more effectively through reading about others who have preserved through all challenges. A person’s attitude towards…