Voice-over

If you scroll through T.V. channels you will see shows or movies such as Secret Life of an American Teenager, Juno, Teen Mom’s, or even the Pregnancy Act. All shows which are centered off the theme of pregnant teenagers. The idea of teen pregnancy has become an epidemic that is sweeping modern society and social media. Now more than ever, teen pregnancy is portrayed through television as glamorous, which has made it more acceptable. In my high school if you became a pregnant young woman you…

When I think about art I think about my childhood art. I think about the clay pots I formed with my thumbs in first grade. I think about the way the pack of 64 crayola crayons revolutionized the way I colored in my coloring books. I think about my 3rd grade version of Vincent van Gogh’s painting, The Starry Night, is in my mom’s bathroom. When I painted it as a eight-year-old I enjoyed the piece of art for its simplistic bright colors and the mere fact that because van Gogh used paint to create…

Monet Shrine: A Look Behind the Scenes Claude Oscar Monet was an artist that captured the beauty of nature all around him and could leave you stunned by his end products. Monet was born on November 14, 1840, in Paris on the fifth floor of 45 rue Laffitte. He later passed at the age of 86 years old on December 5,1926, from lung cancer. Monet began his young education at the secondary school of arts. Monet was mentored by Eugene Boudin, who taught him how to use oil paints and techniques on how…

Common of impressionist artists, an attempt to capture the motion of light was made by van Gogh himself. This can be seen on the starlight-dappled waters of Starry Night over the Rhone, and the glinting stars that twinkle in the deep night of the former Starry Night. Caused by luminance, our brain’s cortex clashes when focused on the twirls and swirls, making the stars appear as though they flicker and radiate a pulsing…

Midnight in Chinatown In SFMOMA, the work that attracted me the most is “Midnight in Chinatown” taken by Williard E. Worden in 1903. As the name suggests, the photography depicts the Chinatown at midnight by using a long shot. There are Chinese traditional buildings along on the sides with dim lantern lights reflecting on the surface of ground. The photograph has a grey tone overall, which enhances a sense of quietness. The photographer uses the technique of perspective to suggest the endless…

Jamie Policky Jean Forst English 1002 21 October 2014 The Starry Night There are only so many series of unfortunate events that one can handle. Feeling alone or unimportant can lead to some very drastic decisions. Even the decision to take one’s own life. Anne Sexton shows just that in her poem The Starry Night. Reaching out to readers with profound meaning, the writer expresses battling thoughts of suicide as a lonely woman seeking to be accepted. The title comes from the famous painting…

When looking at a sunset, we do not see it as a detailed, quantifiable object but rather as a being or a face that evokes various inexplicable emotions within us with its constantly changing and fluid expressions. It is difficult to understand how the varying hues of colour and light, the radiance of the sky and its transition into velvety darkness which softens the surrounding landscape, can induce such a surging up of emotion and how it has the power to alter our mood. Although every sunset is…

There are many similarities and differences between the paintings “Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh and “Night Hawk” by Edward Hopper. The details due to the color can really make up a painting Shading and brush strokes can also make a big difference; it could be in the symmetry component. Realistic, 3D feel or design, and contrast in color are many details that you look for in a painting. These components can totally make different paintings. Transporting into a painting is a great quality…

other when it comes to viewing the image. Finally a very dark green, almost black, color is used for the tree that fills up most of the image. The use of this dark shade really helps set up a very big eerie figure that looks as if though its towering over the small…

CYGNUS One of the most prominent constellations in the night sky, and one of the most involved and eventful regions of space, the Cygnus constellation and its surrounds are fascinating, and a worthwhile talking point for many a topic. Occupying an area of 804 square degrees, Cygnus is the 16th largest constellation in the night sky; it lies in the fourth quadrant of the northern hemisphere, with right ascension at 20.62, and declination at +42.03: in other words, if you were in the northern…