HUMN 420 Week 3 assignment 01/26/08 For week 3 assignment I chose the Van Gough painting and the corresponding poem “The StarryNight” by Anne Sexton. The poem references death rather frequentlyand I think that night in some way goes hand in hand with death. In contrast morning and daylight give way to life‚ the flowers opening up to the sun’s warmth and birds awaking; the day begins. The painting shows a town at night‚ which is asleep‚ quiet and peaceful. During the day the town is alive with
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components‚ and the artists who create their masterpieces‚ Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night is probably my favorite piece of artwork in the textbook. I love this painting and chose it because to me‚ this piece of work is so serene yet captivating and stimulating at the same time. I believe that if a piece of art can evoke that many emotions in a person‚ then it is truly a masterpiece. I actually have a replica of The Starry Night hanging in my house‚ which was another reason why I chose to discuss
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Starry‚ Starry Night “Starry‚ starry night‚ paint your palette blue and grey‚ look out on a summer’s day‚ with eyes that know the darkness in my soul.” (Don MacLean) I chose to write about the painting‚ The Starry Night by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh painted the view outside his sanitarium room window located in southern France at night. But Van Gogh painted it from memory during the day. I feel that this painting has Asymmetrical Balance. From our handouts – “In this case
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In Van Gogh’s childhood‚ he was born and raised in a religious Dutch Reformed Church family in southern Netherland. Affected by his family‚ Van Gogh was also a religious person‚ even had the experience as missionary when he was young. In the later year‚ he turned to God in hope of a resurrection from the torture of depression. Van Gogh continued the serving for God while painting at the same time. For these reasons‚ there are numerous underlying religious meanings dedicated to The Starry Night. One
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September 9‚ 2012 “Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh “Starry Night” was created by Vincent Van Gogh. It is one of the most popular paintings‚ also being one of the most replicated and sought after prints. The “Starry Night” was painted in 1889. The painting is oil on canvas and is 29 x 36 1/4". It is located at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City‚ New York. The painting is of the night sky‚ with clouds swirling‚ the stars shining bright‚ a crescent moon glowing above‚ a sleeping town below
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I chose to write about Van Gogh’s Starry Night‚ because I think that this painting is one of the greater pioneer forms of abstract art. Van Gogh’s rendering of the world the way that he perceived it‚ blended with his own stigmatic emotion‚ is evidenced by his abstract depiction of this small village in the south of France; Starry Night is aesthetically‚ artistically‚ and technically unique. Starry night is a depiction of an actual village that Van Gogh visited during his lifetime. At the risk
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In this artwork by van Gogh‚ which is‚ called starry night. What is happening in this paining is that it is a view from the east-facing window of his asylum‚ room which looks like a big tower just before sunrise with the a small village below‚ what I can also see in this painting is that it is midnight and the sky had different kinds of blue in the sky from dark blue to a light blue in the sky‚ one moon and eleven stars and there are lines around the moon and the sky which is showing the they are
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I chose The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh because it is a very well known piece of art. People throughout time have always looked at this piece of art as one of the most fascinating pieces. Vincent van Gogh is one of the most famous artists of all time. Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30‚ 1853‚ in Groot-Zundert‚ Netherlands and died July 29‚ 1890. He was staying in an asylum at Saint-Remy. Starry Night is believed to show the view from his bedroom window. The theme of evening and nighttime
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is the most famous Starry Night by the most vnoted Van Gogh although the reason of not denying the popularity of Starry Night‚ it’s also interesting to bring to mind that there is very little known about Vincent’s own feelings toward his work. As studies read Vincent would often discuss specific works in great detail‚ but not so in the case of Starry Night. As it yet difficult to say‚ due to him not expressing the strong feelings for the famous painting Starry Night was painted while Vincent
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Vincent Van Gogh was an artist who painted several pieces of art that have become world famous and have been showed around the world; one being The Starry Night. Van Gogh at the time of this painting was in an Asylum after being in a long depression‚ and this is believed to be the view from his window. The painting displays a village over a night sky with an immense cypress tree in comparison to the other objects in this paining. Also shown is many stars in the sky with a very bright moon the top
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