The Starry Night, By Vincent Van Gogh

A lucent crescent of the moon is seen on the top right hand corner of the painting where dramatic contours and fluidity of the brushworks are seen due to the Japonisme influences. Moreover, the eleven stars and the rolling hills are depicted moving to the momentum of the swirling sky.

Van Gogh’s painting represents his feelings of isolation. Starry Night accurately depicts the feelings of loneliness that everyone can relate to at some point during their lifetime. Van Gogh’s works may not have received the attention they deserved during his lifetime, but today his works receive the recognition they deserve. His feelings as a struggling artist are apparent through the dark colors and the enormous cypress tree which captures the viewer’s attention. The darker colors represent darker feelings such as feelings of isolation and loneliness, while the cooler colors represent sadness and depression. The colors are an accurate depiction of Van Gogh’s feelings. These feelings of depression and isolation led Van Gogh to the point of admitting himself into an asylum. Of course, an asylum is not meant for interaction with other people, rather it is meant to isolate the patients from harming other people or themselves because of their illness, thus Van Gogh’s attempt to alleviate his feelings of depression and loneliness seem in vain.

“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.

A Formal Visual and Contextual Analysis of Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night When I first saw Vincent van Gogh’s painting of The Starry Night, I was immediately drawn to the peaceful luminescent stars emanating outward like vibrant yellow halos into the captivating striking blue sky. I felt a sense of calm and tranquility as the bright orange moon shone intently over the serene village below. The sprawling mountain range, grassy hills and fields of wheat intensified this feeling as a soft wind swept through the countryside. Under the immense stars and vibrant night sky, the people of the village sleep soundly in their cottages. This painting exudes an overwhelming feeling of calmness and peace in my mind.

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.

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

“The Starry Night” was created by Vincent van Gogh in 1889, during the post-impressionist period. This movement was sparked predominantly by artists that sought to reject French influences. Post-impressionists gravitated away from the naturalist impressionism of the early 1800’s, and instead focused on individual emotional expression and deeper symbolism that was often depicted in an abstract or distorted manner (Voorhies). “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

Starry Night Renowned artist, Vincent Van Gogh, expresses his practice of religion through his artwork, “When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars”. In this statement he is expressing how his religion affects his artwork. Van Gogh’s faith is portrayed in his paintings in the sense that it inspires his creative ideas. In Van Goghs’ painting Starry Night, the oppression of religion is being voiced through the foremost focal figure, the wave of Christianity and the holy church.

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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

Through its seductive swirls, intoxicating composition and captivating colour palette, ‘ The Starry Night ’ by painter, and well renowned artist Vincent Van Gogh, remains engrained in the minds of many, as an expression of his tempestuous state of mind. Painted in June of 1899, the painting represents the symbolic, and highly personal meanings that proved to be particularly important to Post-Impressionist artists. This deeply distinctive, emotionally evocative style has continued to influence artists residing within twentieth century and up to the present day, promising Van Gogh's prominence in the near future.

Tittle of the work: Starry night The Artist: Vincent Van Gogh Medium: Oil Support Height :73.70 cm Length :92.10 cm Date of the art work: 1889   Art piece 1- Starry Night The night sky portrayed by van Gogh in the Starry Night painting is overflowing with spinning mists, sparkling stars, and a splendid bow moon.

     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.