Descriptive Of The Starry Night

The lines outline the water, the clouds, the trees, all show the volume and depth of each element. The use of lines surrounding the ocean and land show the division between each land and water. The use of lines on the rocks show the layers and rigid layout of the land instead of just a flat ledge. The painting also has a lot of shape and definition. The clouds have a fullness so you can see the difference between sky and land. I think Bierstadt also used some aerial perspective in this painting. The sky is blue in spots showing that it is further back in the sky. It’s almost like you are looking down on the fishermen from the sky. The light is very bright and tends to stand out over much of the painting. At first glance your eyes are drawn straight to the light because much of the painting is very dark and gloomy. The light would be focal point of the whole piece. The light allows you to clearly see the mountains and the beach. I think a lot of low key values such as the dark clouds and the water were used in the painting. However, a lot of high key values were used such as the sky and the clouds. This painting is one of my all time

The first thing that catches the attention of the audience is the boat containing two people in the lower center of the painting. The characters are noticeable due to their white clothing which contrasts from the dull gray of the sky and water. Another noticeable aspect of the painting is the line dividing the water and the cloudy sky, which is not straight and fades at certain points. Lastly, Hannah uses simple shapes like the rectangular sky and water, the triangular boat, and the round, long shaped people in the boat.

Another interesting part of this canvas is the direction of the reflections showing from the water. Van Gogh tries gives us this sense of calm movement with the reflection of the lighting going in a downward course. Also, the artist shows the viewer the grouping from the stars, to the lights from the houses, to the reflection form the water and which again it gives us the sense of the lighting going in a downward motion.

During Vincent’s time at the Saint-Rémy sanatorium, he painted one of his renowned landscape paintings, Starry Night in 1889. The choice of medium used was oil paint where Vincent famously displayed his impasto technique on the hemp material canvas. He wrote to his brother about his inspiration stating, “This morning I saw the country from my window a long time before sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big” . Hence, you can infer that Starry Night was painted from the view of Vincent’s room where the background of the composition depicts the night scenery of a small and peaceful village, which juxtaposes the movements of the brightly lit sky. However, Vincent did not exactly follow what he saw from his window but painted from what he saw in his imagination, following the likes of Gauguin.

The Starry Night, 1889 is a painting by Vincent Van Gogh while he was in an Asylum at Saint Remy de Provence. It portrays the view of the sunrise and the small village from the east facing window in Van Gogh’s room.

Starry Night is notoriously famous and is probably Vincent Van Gogh’s most well-known piece of art, but that is all for a reason. Van Gogh very unique curving lines throughout the work and they create a flow to the painting that is very somber and fascinating. The line quality of the work seems whimsical in ways yet intentional, the lines are not pressed in very hard on the painting, you can tell because there are color differences within the lines meaning Van Gogh made casual strokes to create the lines, yet at the same time they are definitely intentional as Van Gogh uses the color variations to combine with one another creating a very colorful arrangement on the canvas. All of the colors may be mellow and cool, but they are all very unique and different in their own ways. Van Gogh uses the actual stars in Starry Night to create a stark contrast to the rest of the scene. The stars shine bright yellow and orange in the night sky, drawing the viewers gaze and attention. Yet at the same time there is an ominous black object in the foreground of the painting, the object is said to be a cypress tree but it is no less interpreted for its possible deeper meanings. The painting uses these stars as the acting natural light for the painting and this is why the rest of the painting uses colors that are so cool, this is because Van Gogh wants clear contrasting values between the stars and dimly lit town. Van Gogh uses irregular shapes throughout the skyline and hills in the background

It has a very unique point of view. The bright white of the wall on the left directs your eyes to the bright pop of color on the leaves. Your eyes then wander to the water in the background. This painting just flows together so well. It gives me a sense of calmness but for others back in 1898, a sadness overwhelmed them because it was once home to

This masterpiece was painted by Van Gogh in 1889 while he was receiving treatment in Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, a mental asylum. The beautiful painting that many people have come to love today was never appreciated during its own time. Various art critics thought that the large brush strokes Van Gogh had made in Starry Night seemed “messy” and “childlike”. The strokes also convinced people that Van Gogh was truly crazy and that he was not as talented as other artists. Yet the pencil thick lines are what made the painting look hyper-realistic and eye-catching. They have a calming, consistent effect on people whose eyes want to follow the swirls and lines. The brush strokes that Van Gogh added more texture, detail, and blended the colors easily to one another in Starry Night. The realistic details make it feel as if the painting is trying to get a message across to the public. With every line that Vincent van Gogh had made he put as much feelings into them as he did with effort.

The Starry Night was created by Vincent Van Gogh in the year 1889. As Post-Impressionist piece of art, it is clear Van Gogh expressed personal feeling and displayed original techniques and colors that traditionally had not been displayed in art. It was also, a time when science was making breakthroughs in research and new theories were developed, writers and painters sought out fresh new styles.

The painting represents a village under a starry night and the first thing most observers get from the painting is the feel of motion. Looking at the swirls and movement in the sky you can almost hear the wind blowing and see the clouds moving about. This movement is carried on into the land part of the painting where the distant fields seem to move in the wind too.

     With its swirling colors and lines, The Starry Night, incorporates not just the color and light that is found in the earlier works of these painters, but it shows how forms and feelings also came into play. One of van Gogh’s main beliefs was that art was a direct representation of how the artist feels. Having grown up in a very religious family, van Gogh viewed the heavens as a beautiful, living thing. His heavy brushstrokes and vivid colors portray the night sky as crazy and chaotic and the village below as peaceful and serene. Van Gogh’s troubled life, which involved many failures in life, love and business, forced him into madness, which eventually caused him to commit suicide. While the problems of his life may have caused personal trauma, the artistic importance of his insanity is overwhelming. Perhaps if he had not gone crazy, he never would have created the masterpieces that have had such an impact on art and history.

In 1889, Vincent Van Gogh with oil created a classic picture named "Starry Night". He painted his own night during the hardest time of his life. At the time, he was detained in a psychiatric hospital room. Not to be out, he drew during the daytime, based on what he remembered. Van Gogh only mentions "Starry Night" twice in letters to his brother, which made the drawing became more mysterious and curious.

The elements of art are quite splendid and balanced in this piece, creating an example of a solid piece of artwork that follows the principles of design. The green and yellow colors of this piece blend together perfectly as to create a great visual pleasure, and the hues of blue and black in the background emphasize the yellows and greens in the foreground, creating a great blend of color. The color pallet is somewhat contrasting as there are green and yellow hues as well as darker colors such as black. Texturing is done quite nicely in this piece as well, with the stars and the ground being great examples of this. The stars look very fluffy and extravagant which couldn’t be exemplified without a brush, and the ground looks very much like a

Imagine the wonder of staring into a clear night sky, being able to see the stars reflecting against water and seeing the faint light of civilization in the distance. This is the same mindset that caught Van Gogh’s imagination. In fact, it excited Van Gogh so much, he would say to another painter before painting “But when shall I ever paint the Starry Sky, this painting that keeps haunting me” (Lewandowski). Starry Night Over the Rhone and Starry Night would be the culmination of his thoughts and efforts. However, even though they are a part of the same collection, these paintings contain stark differences compared to each other. Mostly, these differences are found in the former painting. Compared to the latter, this version contains much calmer colors, and the style is much less aggressive, with less emphasis on the stars and more emphasis on how light interacts. Nevertheless, both paintings represent two different states of Van Gogh’s mind. Starry Night Over the Rhone, compared to Starry Night, was painted during a much happier time in Van Gogh’s life, which is reflected both in style, color, imagery, and in history.

The first thing I saw when looking at the painting was the night sky, which occupies most of the background. Its swirling lines appear to be in a spiral like formation across the background. There are eleven yellow stars that look like big fireballs that blend with the blue sky. The night sky appears in different shades of blue and grey. Then the moon at the top right shows