The Starry Night

Composition 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

A Starry Night Starry Night by the renowned artist Vincent van Gogh has a significant meaning. Aside from the beautiful sea blue colors mixed with the sunny bright yellows, the graceful and thick brush strokes and meanings behind the colors tells a story of hope and passion. This masterpiece was painted by Van Gogh in 1889 while he was receiving treatment in Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, a mental asylum. The beautiful painting that many people have come to love today was never appreciated during its own

The Starry Night is one of the most famous paintings in the history of western culture. It was painted by Vincent Van Gogh in 1889 and is recognized as his finest work. This artwork is oil on canvas and is currently in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. An interesting fact about the artwork is that it is painted from Van Gogh’s memory, unlike his other works which are painted outdoor. This painting is the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Reme-de-Provence. The view includes

Description: Van Gogh painted more than 10 paintings of olive trees, which was mostly in Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France in 1889. The painting of Olive Trees in a Mountainous Landscape was complementary to The Starry Night. The landscapes are in a pattern of curves as painting from The Starry Night. Van Gogh’s unique painting technique, impasto was used. The characteristic style of divisionism is used by painting multiple strokes with varieties of colors. It is decided character of each horizontal zone

Comparative study The starry night (Van Gogh) The persistence of memory (Dali) Invader (ongoing since 1998) Starry night: The starry night is a painting that was made by Vincent van Gogh. It’s a landscape painting made in June of 1889. It’s an oil painting on a canvas that he painted while in an asylum after he had a breakdown in 1888. He painted the starry night while he inside of the asylum that he voluntarily went to. The starry night is one of many versions of the paintings he made. He made

contrasting colors. One of Van Gogh’s famous paintings is the Starry Night Over the Rhone, which depicts a couple taking a midnight stroll along a illuminated river. A prologue to the art of the twentieth century, Oscar- Claude Monet painted various different famous landscape projects. Considered to be one of Monet’s best-known works, Impression, Sunrise illustrates a calm early morning in the Port of Le Havre in France. Starry Night Over the Rhone and Impression, Sunrise are both similar paintings

Rachael Brooks Mrs. Cole English 4B 23 October 2015 Analyzing Mood and Theme in Starry Night For many, the painting Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh, is simply paint on a canvas. Created in the summer of 1889, while Van Gogh was in a mental asylum, others perceive the painting as a message of Van Gogh’s desire for acceptance and normalcy. Heavily influenced by the Expressionist movement, Starry Night is a physical representation of Van Gogh’s feelings of melencholy during his stay in the asylum

Light and Colour- Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night The Starry Night is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. Painted in June, 1889, it depicts the view (with the notable addition of an idealized village) from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise. The dominating colour palette in the painting is dark blue and black hues oppose the bright whites and the yellows in the sky. The size of the painting is 29

draws my attention so much-"The Starry Night." Vincent Willem Van Gogh (March 30, 1853 - July 29, 1890) is a post-impressionist painter whose work is famous for its beauty, emotion and color and is deeply influenced by the art of the twentieth century. He struggled with mental illness and has been poor and almost unknown throughout his life. Van Gogh died of self-harm in France at the age of 37(Biography). In 1889, he created this outstanding work, “The Starry Night” in Saint-Rémy, France, in 1889

Vincent Van Gogh's painting of the “Starry Night” uses dark colors, lines, and imagery to convey the message: Hope and peace can achieve even in the darkest times. Famously known for cutting off his left ear, Van Gogh lived in a asylum while he created the “Starry Night”. Painted in Saint-Remy-de-Mausole near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in June of 1889. Van Gogh watched the sunrise and moonrise every morning and night in Saint-Remy. Vincent Van Gogh utilized his surroundings to make this beautiful piece