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    Danna Dominguez Starry Night The Starry Night is an oil on canvas painting by Vincent van Gogh. It was painted in June 1889. The height of the painting is 73.70 cm and length 92.10 cm. Unlike most of Van Gogh's works, The Starry Night was painted from memory and not outdoors. In the painting, you can see the night sky brimming with whirling clouds, shining stars, and a bright crescent moon. There's a village painted with dark colors but the windows have a brightly light. The village is surrounded

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    Rosie Ji Dr. Oltmanns Abnormal Psychology 30 October 2017 A Case Study of Vincent Van Gogh One of the most well-known painters in Western Art, Vincent Van Gogh was born into a middle-class family in the Netherlands. Known for his artistic talent, Van Gogh’s life still remains one of the greatest mysteries in art history. Despite the awe-inspiring paintings such as The Starry Night and Irises he created while he was alive, he was considered an outcast and lacked a strong positive social support.

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    The Starry Night, 1889 is a painting by Vincent Van Gogh while he was in an Asylum at Saint Remy de Provence. It portrays the view of the sunrise and the small village from the east facing window in Van Gogh’s room. The Starry Night is one of Van Gogh’s finest works, displayed in the Museum of Modern Art, New York since 1941. Van Gogh during his stay at the Asylum, is where he began producing some of his well-known paintings of his career, and The Starry Night is one of them. He was permitted with

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    can express their emotions and show their imaginative skills on something as simple as a piece of paper. Modern artists include Rene Magritte, August Macke, and Franz Marc, but what about not so modern artists? Artists like Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh existed in the 19th through the 20th centuries where art was a great factor in their everyday lives. The 19th and 20th centuries offered three very distinct styles of painting that changed the way people view art today. One common form of art

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    Vincent van Gogh is now a well known artist even though he died way too soon before he could make more artwork. While he was alive he suffered from mental illnesses and lived a very poor life. He spent most of his time making artwork. It wasn’t until he died that he gained popularity for his artwork. Vincent loved art from a young age. He got his love of art from his mother who was a moody artist. He had to work at his Uncle Cornell’s art dealership when his family was in financial trouble. During

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    Van Gogh, Starry Night (1889) / Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory (1931), are two paintings that come from a distinct time period. The two movements share a common motivation and reject the interest of observing the world,the artists instead looked into their memories and emotions in order to connect with the viewer on a deeper level.Both the Post-Impressionist and Surrealist represent reality as a reflection of the creative potential of the unconscious mind, and inner self. Post-Impressionist

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    Vincent van Gogh was Dutch post-impressionistic painter who ended up own life by own hand. His paintings are notable for its power of touch in painting, colour and emotion. By picking up some words from his life that influenced his mind and painting style, were “religion”, “Paul Gauguin” and “Japonism”. (Brooks, 2016) (Vangoghmuseum.nl, n.d.). Also those words are related to the turning points of his life as well. In 1853, Van Gogh was born in a highly religious Dutch family, both his father and

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    Vincent Willem Van Gogh was born in 1853. Vincent had five siblings: two brothers, Theodorus (Theo), Cornelius Vincent; and three sisters, Anna Cornelia, Elisabeth Huberta, and Willemina (Wil) Jacoba. Theo was Vincent’s favorite family member and his closest friend. Wil was his favorite sister albite the age gap and had psychological disorders, like Vincent. Vincent was a solemn boy who favored privacy to the company of family and friends. He loved all types of nature but favored flower, bugs

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    Ingeniously Insane It has been more than a century since Vincent van Gogh daubed his last piece of art. While his fame as an artist did not come during his lifetime, his revolutionary use of color may have possibly been the most crucial feature of his work. He had the capability of evoking deep emotions just using the simplest of subjects, proving that his mind was in a constant state of change. Although he faced many struggles within his lifetime, possibly the removal of his own ear, caused great

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    how it works. For this reason, Vincent van Gogh captivates me. It is no secret that he had some serious mental issues. Across time, he was given any number of possible diagnoses – such as epilepsy, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, sunstroke, Meniere’s disease, lead poisoning, and acute intermittent porphyria. There is also no question that he was severely depressed. I think it would incredibly interesting to go back in time and psychoanalyze van Gogh with the psychological knowledge

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