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Art Analysis: Starry Nights By Vincent Van Gogh

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The work I chose was Starry Nights by Vincent Van Gogh. Starry Nights is one of Van Gogh’s most famous works and is what is known as post-impressionistic. That is, you could tell what he was painting unlike some impressionistic works, but there was still a quality to the work that showed that it was truly representational of what was being painted. Or another way of saying it, the work was representational, in that it did represent the true forms of what was being painted. In Starry Nights Van Gogh uses, as it says in the textbook lines that were “…almost out of control” (53). His use of fluid lines and “impasto” (53) style gave the painting a feeling of depth and even body. 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. …show more content…

His use of the short strokes throughout the painting at one time seems to show that nothing is connected, but at the same time that everything is connected to everything else. The connection of the stars and clouds in the sky are carried over to connect to the land, the buildings, and the large tree in the

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