The Starry Night, By Vincent Van Gogh

The life span of 37 years saw Vincent Willem van Gogh (Vincent) in creating beautiful works he dearly loved. Painting was an avenue, which allowed him to express his inner thoughts or vent his struggles. My decision to research on Vincent’s painting, Starry Night (1889) came with the inspiration from Don Mclean’s Song, Starry Starry Night where his lyrics spoke about Vincent’s life that further intrigued me in writing this paper.

In Vincent van Gogh’s renowned painting, The Starry Night, the vast night sky dominates the background space of the painting. The brightness of the eleven stars, with their yellow celestial glow illuminate the night, blanketing the sleepy, rural village below. Far from the glaring lights of the urban landscape, the pureness of the stars’ radiance floats effortlessly above, lulling the people of the quaint village to sleep. Hovering in the upper right hand corner is a brilliant orange crescent moon, which contributes to the warm mood and aesthetic value of the piece. Mountains, rolling hills and wheat fields surround the cottages as though nature itself is getting a sleepy respite from a long day, much like the townspeople. Toward the forefront of the painting are

In brief, this painting is 2-dimensional art.He used the clouds to make it really look like it was shading the crops, hay, grass, and the sky which is exquisite. It was made with water soluble paint which makes it more difficult but most divine that’s rare.The way he made the haystacks look in 2-dimensional was pretty nicely. The crops he painted were even in good paint as they had looked like carrots,corn, and collard greens.

No, I was unable to readily understand or identify the theme of the art work in Amanda’s collection. At first I was able to see a theme with the Representational art pieces The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh and the Trolley by Robert Frank. The next three pieces of art doesn’t follow the same theme the Free Stamp by Claes Oldenburg, and New Shelton Wet Dry by Jeff Koons are both sculptures which don't follow the same theme as the first two. The last art piece in the collection is The Crossing by Bill Viola which is a video and doesn't follow the theme as the others.

“This morning I saw the countryside from my window a long time before sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big,” (Van Gogh). This quote had a dedication to his brother Theo, right before his creation of “The Starry Night”. Also, from one of the most famous paint from the 19th century. Not only that, he was also a highly influencer for the 20th century art. In present day or in the 21st century he is a big influencer and inspiration of art. This artist is Vince Van Gogh, who has created the most “post-impressionist” paints. Which mean Van Gogh had a style, and was part of painting movement, that originated in France in the 1860’s. Vince Van Gogh is known as the “Greatest Dutch Painter.”

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 did this with the spiral church as it 's spiral stands very straight and tall aiming towards the sky.

If I had to pick a piece of art I would pick the painting Starry Night. This piece of art was painted by Van Gough and hangs in the Museum of Art in New York. I relate this particular piece of art to a moment in time when I would travel to New Jersey in the summers and explore the city of New York. One day my mom and the friends we stayed with decided to visit the Museum of Art since my mom’s an art major we were always doing things like this. I saw many pieces of art, but there was a particular painting that caught my eye Starry night. So many beautiful paintings were hung, but Starry Night always makes me relate, and think of the time spent in New York.

Well-known artist Vincent van Gogh created the painting, Starry Night in 1889 during the impressionism movement. Starry Night is a very popular piece of artwork and holds much meaning. Van Gogh’s choice of medium was oil paint where he famously exhibited his impasto technique on the canvas. Starry Night was an exceptional way to demonstrate how emotions can be conveyed through the stroke of a brush and pigments used. This famous masterpiece was created while he was restricted to the Saint-Remy Asylum. Starry Night came to be one of the last major paintings he ever created and one of artworks earliest examples of expressionism. This popular work of art exhibits a variety of objects, moods, and atmospheric feelings. Through the use of texture, color, and descriptive objects, Van Gogh popular piece will forever be remembered for its endless beauty and mystery.

While researching Vincent Van Gogh, I found out several interesting facts about him that I previously didn’t know. I also found out information on one of his famous paintings, Starry Night . My goal for this essay is to provide information and insight into both van Gogh and Starry Night.

“The Starry Night” is a clear reflection of this movement. It was painted during a very emotional and traumatic time during Van Gogh’s life. Van Gogh, created his work after viewing the night sky through the bars of his window at St. Remy Asylum, shortly after admitting himself after he suffered his infamous

In my art appreciation class this spring, we watched a slide show of Vincent Van Gogh’s painting. There was a song playing during the slide show, it was called “Vincent” by Don McLean. We learned that Van Gogh was a sad artist. He would paint whatever he was feeling. In the middle of the night when he was sad and couldn’t sleep, he would go outside and just paint to get rid of any depressing thoughts. I saw his art the first time when I was in the doctor’s office.

The night sky portrayed by van Gogh in the Starry Night painting is filled with whirling clouds, shining stars, and a bright sickle-shaped moon. The setting is one so that viewers can relate to and van Gogh´s swirling sky directs the viewer´s eye around the painting, with spacing between the stars and the curving silhouette creating a dot-to-dot effect. These internal elements secure the fluidity and such silhouette was important for the artist even though they became less significant for other Impressionists. Therefore, Starry Night´s composition was different from the Impressionist technique of the 19th century.

     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.

One of Vincent Van Gogh’s most world renowned paintings is his landscape oil painting Starry Night. The painting displays a small town underneath an unusual yet still extremely beautiful night sky. In this night sky, Van Gogh utilizes an array of colors that blend well together in order to enhance the sky as a whole. The town is clearly a small one due to the amount of buildings that are present in the painting itself. In this small town most of the buildings have lights on which symbolize life in a community. Another visual in Starry Night is the mountain like figures that appear in the background of the illustrious painting. Several things contribute to the beauty of Van Gogh’s painting which are the painting’s function, context, style, and design. Van Gogh’s utilization of these elements help bring further emphasis to his work in Starry Night.

“Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul,” said William Maugham, a British playwright from the 19th century. Vincent Van Gogh, an artist who is considered by many one of the most inspirational artists in history, was no stranger to depicting his struggles in life or feelings in his work. Van Gogh’s piece Starry Night, designed in the year 1889, shows this to be true in that it was the result of his experiences in an asylum that encouraged this piece. Despite this work has being so well known, many critics and observers of the piece have differing views on what he was trying to communicate through it. Two prime examples of this can be seen by the views expressed in the poems entitled, “Vincent” and “The Starry Night”, written by Don McClean and Anne Sexton, respectively. While the poem “Vincent”, has a depressing tone to it, “The Starry Night”, by Anne Sexton, depicts Starry Night as having a more lively mood, which more accurately represents that of the painting, by Vincent Van Gogh.