The Starry Night The sky swirls in an intense pattern like a wave. A tall cypress tree reaches to the heavens as the sky whirls around its highest branches. In the distance a little dutch church points upward with its long steeple. The night sky is dazzling with colors from the yellows of the moon, Venus, and the night stars. The uniqueness of this art work and the imagination of the artist allows the viewer to gaze from a different outlook digging deeper into the artwork and their own life. The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh inspires thousands of people and artist alike every day leading them to take a new look at their lives and the world they live in from a different creative perspective. Van Gogh, the artist of this famous work, quickly painted this work with a heavy oil paint on canvas. His use of thick brushstrokes and deep layers of paint reaching from the canvas begging for attention from the viewer. The thickly layered brush strokes allows contrast for a simple technique used in this work. The thick impasto and bold colors helped further this contrast Gogh strived to achieve. The many brush strokes give a sense of action of the night sky swirling around the viewer of the piece enclosing them in their imagination of the wonderful night sky.The bright …show more content…
Vincent Van Gogh wanted to express the energy and imagination buzzing around his head. The impasto technique used on the canvas helped show the quickness this painting was done. The painting is summary of his life as this was painted towards the end of his time. Van Gogh needed a way to express his thoughts and energy while he was staying in an asylum. He had his art supplies and began to paint off of memory. Using art as his way to escape the real world gogh found himself painting his imagination and energy. Both of these put together with the use of thick paint strokes and swirling colors help express what he was trying to
This paper attempts to present a discussion of Vincent van Gogh’s painting the Starry Night, in terms of his art style that lead people to interpret a different way of reality and the impact of that style subsequently on modern day artistic culture. Also, van Gogh’s late style that inherit his religious belief, his experience and his knowledge of astrology is also worth to mention that, as exhibited in this painting, had not only a direct artistic impact that inspire other artist to imitate it, but
Starry Nights The captivating painting by Vincent Van Gogh, The Starry Night is a work of art completed by Van Gogh in 1889. Van Gogh had wanted to paint something that represented the night sky for some time, but many people are interested to find out that Van Gogh actually painted The Starry Night during his time at Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, an asylum and clinic for the mentally ill. There is much debate over the legacy of Van Gogh, and his “Turbulent Mindstate” however we can examine much of the
The Starry Night is an oil on canvas, landscape painting. It was painted by a Dutch, post-impressionist painter named Vincent Van Gogh. The paintings measurements are twenty-nine inches by thirty-six and one-fourth inches, and was painted in June of 1889. At the time it was painted, Van Gogh was staying in an asylum at Saint-Remy-de-Province. He painted the view from his east-facing bedroom window, just before sunrise. Today, the painting can be found at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City
A Cypress Tree in the Midst of the Stars Vincent Van Gogh, the Dutch artist who painted Starry Night, was disrespected and unappreciated for his works during his life. However, today he is considered one of the greatest Dutch painters. Today, his work is known for its detail, beauty, and emotion. One might claim that Vincent Van Gogh’s painting Starry Night depicts his supposed insanity. However, his painting Starry Night depicts his feelings of isolation, his feelings of alienation, and the appreciation
"The Starry Night" Starry Night is post-impressionist oil painting from 1889 by Vincent van Gogh who was at the time in a mental asylum ("Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh"). The painting’s background is taken up the overwhelming night sky. Eleven yellow fiery stars resembling huge fireballs irradiate the piece. At the top right-hand corner is a crescent moon radiating a bright orange light, brighter than the other stars. The houses are inconspicuously painted at the bottom, blending harmoniously
The Starry Night Vincent van Gogh painted The Starry Night (p. 389) in 1889. For this piece of artwork van Gogh used oil paint on a 29" X 36 1/4" canvas. In this painting van Gogh painted a dark village with a giant Cypress tree placed along with a small spiral church which draws the viewer 's attention towards the sky that is depicted with stars and swirls upon the dark village. Van Gogh placed an emphasis on the Cypress tree by painting it large, long, and pointing towards the sky. He also
My favorite image from the book is Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh. According to the reading on Page 417, and I what I know from previous research, Van Gogh has always used his paintings as a way to express his emotional sorrow. It would seem that Van Gogh wanted us to view the world as he did. Van Gogh was a very disturbed man, but his emotional instability brought about a many of remarkable paintings. It is important to mention that Starry Night, was painted on more than one occasion. He
Starry Night is a famous painting by Vincent Van Gogh. Starry Night was constructed in 1889. At the time of his existence, Van Gogh was not well known. Van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime, and only became popular after his death like many other artists at the time. To fully understand this painting, one must know the personal life/struggles of the artist himself. When people hear the name “ Vincent Van Gogh,” most automatically think of the crazed artist that cut off his own ear and
“The Starry Night, Vincent van Gough” In 1889 Vincent van Gogh created a beautiful piece of art called, “The Starry Night.” The composition of this piece is obvious. His use of line, color, motion, visual texture, and impasto is one of the few concepts that makes this piece beautiful. Van Gough uses expressive line, which is used to express the emotion of the artist, to create the twirls of the starry night. Expressive lines can also be used to show motion, which can appear as there is motion in
1a. The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh was a piece I was already familiar with, so I searched it on www.google.com. I used a high definition picture of it on Google images to further examine the painting. 1b. The piece falls under the category of a painting. More specifically, it is an oil on canvas painting. 1c. I consider this piece to be fine art. 1d. The image is painted on canvas using oil paint. 1e. The artist did not leave his mark or signature on the painting itself, but it is well known
Mason Bills The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh in 1889 The painting “The Starry Night” was painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1889 on a 29 inch by 36 ¼ inch canvas during the post-impressionism movement, which is more associated with emotion or feeling than with literal interpretation. This painting is of a night sky with shining stars, a crescent moon, and whirling clouds that seem to be moving. The painting is an oil painting which makes the color a very important aspect of this painting. The sky
Danna Dominguez Starry Night The Starry Night is an oil on canvas painting by Vincent van Gogh. It was painted in June 1889. The height of the painting is 73.70 cm and length 92.10 cm. Unlike most of Van Gogh's works, The Starry Night was painted from memory and not outdoors. In the painting, you can see the night sky brimming with whirling clouds, shining stars, and a bright crescent moon. There's a village painted with dark colors but the windows have a brightly light. The village is surrounded
When someone says starry night one might think of a night view with a lot of stars, which is exactly what the title suggests. But Vincent van Gogh was thinking of something different than just a night sky with stars, he painted something totally out of this world. This work of art is truly amazing and has a magical feel to it. If someone were to tell me when I was 10 years old that “The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh is an amazing work of art” my response would be “what is so special about a painting
Understanding the Arts Thesis Question 11-07-14 Vincent van Gogh One of my favorite pieces of art growing up was "The Starry Night" by Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh was a man of his times, but what was his life like? Van Gogh had a religious upbringing and was originally going to be a minister as his occupation. But my main focus and what I want to know, is what were the influences on his life and how did they affect his painting? Between all of these things van Gogh had many influences. The religious influence
The date is March 30, 1853, when a child by the name Vincent Van Gogh was born. Happy were his parents after the demise of their first born son, they saw Vincent as pain reliever who will take away their incomprehensible pain and grieve for the loss of their son, so sure they were that they named him exactly as their deceased son. Vincent an artistic painter with over 2000 beautiful artworks was suffering silently for his own sanity, he thought he was a replacement child, some of his friends thought