while lilies are painted green. Monet and Vincent van gogh their artwork was based on movements of Impressionism and Post Impressionism. Their interest shows outdoor environment to show effect of natural sun light or atmospheric light on day to day life scene. Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” is the great example of outdoor paintings and Vincent Van Gogh’s “The garden of the poets” is based on two poets combining with the garden that he is referring to. Van Gough’s painting the Garden of poets of poets
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Rip Van Winkle is one of the most famous pieces of literature in history. The story is about a man who managed to sleep through the entire American Revolution. What seems like a simple representation of American folklore is really a story that holds many underlying meanings. Rip Van Winkle reveals a story of a futile and selfish man who managed to escape his problems and the American dream all together. Washington Irving portrays Van Winkle as a very nice and helpful man but ultimately‚ I found
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Gothicism‚ intrigued many authors‚ leading them to use these styles in their works. An author named‚ Washington Irving‚ reflected both of these movements in his writing with a strong focus on the Romantic style. “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle” were two of his most famous works‚ which portrayed the romantic ideas of this period. The description of the beauty of the natural world and a belief in the goodness of humanity were key romantic themes that make up large elements of both stories
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Art Appreciation Compare and Contrast Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet In this Essay I will compare and contrast two paintings. The first painting is Stairway at Auvers by Vincent Van Gogh. The painting is one of 80 paintings done by Van Gogh during his stay in Auvers. Stairway at Auvers was done on July 1890 shortly before his death. The second painting is Water Lilies 1916-1926 by Claude Monet. Both painting are oil canvas‚ Water Lilies is one of 250 water lilies paintings done by Monet
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forms. I will be discussing the famous painter of Van Gogh and a painting that he described as ugly. Van Gogh described this painting as “…one of the ugliest I have done…” He then stated that he tried to show the fervor of the human race describing various colors when visualized would not be appealing together. He also regarded the room he painted as “blood red and dark yellow” which gives another negative attribute to the painting. The lamps that Van Gogh describes are not bright and vibrant but
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Starry Nights Most people know Vincent Willem van Gogh‚ a Post-Impressionist painter in the 1800s‚ as the maker of The Starry Night. Fewer people‚ however‚ are aware that van Gogh first created The Starry Night Over the Rhone‚ which he painted during a happier period of his life. While both pieces employ the same style and portray a similar scene‚ the feelings evoked are entirely different. Despite the differences in mood‚ one cannot argue that van Gogh did not prove that “putting little white dots
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Van Gogh’s Starry Eyes Brings Out a Starry Night Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night is probably his most famous painting. Instantly recognizable because of its unique style‚ this work has been the subject of poetry‚ fiction‚ CD-ROMs as well as the well known song "Vincent" or "Starry‚ Starry Night" by Don McLean. Starry Night was painted in the mental asylum of Saint-Remy‚ 13 months before Van Gogh’s death at the age of 37. This exemplary painting was made using oil paints on a canvas with the size
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but Washington Irving saw things differently. Washington Irving was a famous author of American literature born in the late 1700’s. He was popular for his work in short stories. Popular stories of Irving’s included‚ "The devil and Tom Walker"‚ "Rip Van Winkle"‚ and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". In his stories Irving put importance on both the individual and the community‚ but he directed his focus on the individual. He did this by portraying how the choices of an individual can affect a community
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and lost my mind in the process” - Vincent Van Gogh (Vangoghgallery.com). Despite being a failure during his lifetime‚ Vincent Van Gogh had a tremendous impact on art. He had a large effect on the world with his abstract paintings that still amaze people to this day. However‚ Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch painter who faced many hardships throughout his life. He is commonly known for cutting off his ear‚ and being mentally unstable; however‚ Vincent Van Gogh still influenced others through his artwork
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Alex Montalbano Vincent van Gogh 1 In the painting Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh‚ you see two prominent swirls in the background in the sky. One swirl flows into the second‚ smaller swirl. Both light blue swirls are flowing to the right through a dark blue night sky. In the upper right hand corner is a yellow-orange crescent moon surrounded by a yellow glow. Also in the background are eleven variously sized yellow-orange stars scattered amongst the blue sky. At the bottom of the background‚ right
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