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Vincent Van Gogh unique use of color Many people say that “a picture is worth a thousand words" and a lot of times this is true. Sometimes a picture tells a story just as well as a lot of written words. Whether an image is stunning, that image, picture, photograph, or drawing is a representation of all the words that we choose to say or not say. An image has the power and ability to express thoughts and feelings without saying a single word. It allows the person to express their own feelings in

that Vincent Willem Van Gogh was born to a preacher and an artist. His father, Theodorus Van Gogh, was described as an austere country minister who raised his sons in a religious atmosphere, while his mother, Anna Cornelia Carbentus, imparted on Vincent her love for color and art. While Vincent Van Gogh became known later in time for his heartbreaking backstory and troubled mind, melancholia remained a continuous theme in his life story even prior to his birth. In fact, Van Gogh was born exactly

     Vincent van Gogh was born in Groot Zundert, The Netherlands on 30 March 1853. He is the son of Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. Van Gogh attended a boarding school in Zevenbergen for two years and then went on to attend the King Willem II secondary school in Tilburg for two more years. Then at the age of 15 he left his studies. Vincent's two uncles and his younger brothers are art dealers and the inflounced Vincent greatly. Vincent also became an art dealer

very young age Van Gogh’s art caught my attention. Unique and expressive, Van Gogh created his pieces to be representations of his mental work and experience. In his painting Dutch master achieves architectural effects by putting extremely thick paint applications. From my personal experience it is amazing (I’ve seen couple of his works in Russian Hermitage) how he didn’t fear the canvas or paints. People of his epoch, when comparing his works to Monet’s probably thought that Van Gogh is a

Washington Irving as the remarkable American writer, who creates a verily American genre of the short story. However, Irving’s short story Rip Van Winkle from “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.,” sets a considerable debate among critics relating to the author’s attitude toward gender problems. As many critics arguing, especially female ones, the women in Rip Van Winkle are not described as nice. Rip’s wife portrays as a grumbling woman, who is always fighting with her husband. As a result of this

American myth of Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle. Irving’s myth of the man who slept for twenty years is regarded as one of the first American mythologies in the young nation’s history. The myth Rip Van Winkle displays to the reader not only a variety of colorful settings, magical beings, and humorous characters in a young nation, but touches on lessons on consequences of laziness, bravery, and the need to better oneself for the ones they love. The setup of Rip Van Winkle in its prologue starts the

Van Gogh created more than 43 self-portraits between 1885 and 1889.[231][note 13] They were usually completed in series, such as those painted in Paris in mid-1887, and continued until shortly before his death.[232] Generally the portraits were studies, created during introspective periods when he was reluctant to mix with others, or when he lacked models, and so painted himself.[222][233] The self-portraits reflect a degree of self-scrutiny that, according to Hughes, is "seldom if ever" apparent

“Rip Van Winkle” is an old short story written and published in 1819 by Washington Irving while he was living in England. This tale was based on the history of the province of New York in America while it was controlled by Dutch governors. The tale takes place sometime during or just after the French and Indian War when the 13 American colonies where still a part of the British Empire. This was one of the many tales that helped create the American mythology that exists today. There are three aspects

song was written about Vincent Van Gogh, and also contains the name of one of his well-known works, “The Starry Night”. It seems to have something to do with his possible suicide. Along with the music the video also showed multiple paintings and drawings that were done by Van Gogh. These works span through his whole career and are in no particular order. While watching the video the first time I paid attention to the lyrics. They were rather sad, as they touch on Van Gogh’s suicide. At first listen

in an entirely different nation. Washington Irving’s story “Rip van Winkle” is about a man who went to the forests of the Kaatskill Mountains (now known as the Catskill Mountains) in the Appalachians. He met some weird creatures there and somehow fell asleep for 20 years. When he woke up, he learned about what happened and he knew that his life would completely change. The setting in this story plays a very important role. In “Rip van Winkle”, Washington Irving uses the setting to foretell certain