Trying to maintain close ties with tradition‚ and establishing the aesthetic outcome of an artistic creation ‚ they all used their own words and images to paint the world from their own point of view ‚ regardless of what other people could think . Van Gogh was also one of them . His painting ‘Starry Night ‘‚ published on 1889 ‚is nowadays one of the most known paintings in the world . This masterpiece appears to be simple at first sight : a beautiful rural landscape laying above a shiny sky full
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As a young man Vincent van Gogh’s strongest compulsion was to love and help mankind. The son of a minister‚ he chose quite naturally to take up religion. If he had been successful as an evangelist‚ as he tried to be for several years‚ he might have drawn and painted as a hobby but he almost surely would not have become an artist. His evangelical mission‚ however‚ was a disaster. If anything‚ he tried too hard. At the age of 25‚ when he went out to serve the peasants and coal miners of the Borinage
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representation of a family’s everyday life. The first painting is by Jan Steen and is titled The Merry Family and was created in 1668 and in this painting‚ it depicts a boisterous family gathering or possibly dinner. The second painting is by Vincent van Gogh and is titled The Potato Eaters. It was created in 1885 and displays the life of a peasant family and outlines the lifestyle that these individuals had to endure in this time period such as: living in a small
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In the painting The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh you see a dark blue sky filled with enormous stars swirling throughout it imposing an immediate sense of peacefulness. The small town underneath is dark and even looks to be at rest. The stars are so bright and the moon seems to just pop out almost as if it were right in front of you. It even seems to shine some sort of life into a gigantic dead tree stump protruding into the sky. It seems as if the only movement at all is the spiraling light emanating
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Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.“La tristesse durera toujours‚” is a French expression which means‚ “this sadness will last forever.” These were the final words that Vincent van Gogh uttered‚ but there is more to the story. Van Gogh was a very unloved in his lifetime‚ shunned‚ and his work ignored.This is his interesting untold story of his short life. Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on
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Name Thanate woradetwarasakul nickname tortan Student number 58110180 Vincent van gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Post-Impressionist painter. He was a Dutch artist whose work had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. His output includes portraits‚ self portraits‚ landscapes and still lifes of cypresses‚ wheat fields and sunflowers. He drew as a child but did not paint until his late twenties; he completed many of his best-known works during the last two
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Comparative Essay of Van Gogh and Margaret Olley (Image 1) Olley’s Poppies and checkered cloth (Image 2) Van Gogh’s Sunflowers (Image 3) Van Gogh’s Vine Yards Margaret Olley and Van Gogh are two of the most well-known impressionists of their time. With more than a century between their eras‚ they both played significant roles in the progressing development of art today. Similarly painting still life’s and portraits‚ they also used the same media types
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Nicole Brittingham March 11‚ 2013 ART 101-04 Analysis assignment * Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh * This painting was made in 1889 during the postimpressionism era. * Starry Night is about 29”x36” and is made from using oil as a medium on a canvas. * This painting can be categorized as modern art. * Formal analysis * Within the composition of this painting‚ there is a peaceful village in the foreground and a dramatic night sky in our main viewpoint. There is a church
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Brilliance of Van Gough’s Work The Starry Night Vincent Van Gough is one of the most well known artists of all time‚ and one of his most popular paintings‚ The Starry Night‚ is an expression of his mystical vision. Vincent Willem Van Gogh was born in The Netherlands in 1853‚ he was a mentally plagued man but in his times of clarity produced works of art that to this day continue to astound people (Frank P.375). The Starry Night is oil on canvas landscape painting that Van Gough painted while in
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A Study in Portraits – da Vinci and Van Gogh Two of the greatest artists of all time would have to be Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) and Vincent Van Gogh (1853 – 1890). Da Vinci was an artistic genius‚ as well as an ingenious inventor and scientist‚ while Van Gogh was an artistic savant whose mental instability cut short a career of wonder and enlightenment. Both artists presented works that made people look both outside at the artwork itself as well as inside the individual viewer in order
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