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    During the early 1970s experiments were conducted on moneys, explains Nouchine Hadjikhani, a research fellow. Upon conclusion of the experiment, the information was then extrapolated to the human brain. When new mapping methods inflated and flatten out human images, it was found most activity in a different, adjacent area. This experiment was conducted at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and the outcome match properly with studies of individual who had strange medical

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    painting “Outsider” is a work heavily influenced by the artist’s sense of alienation as an aboriginal artist in a Eurocentric society, whilst referencing imagery and themes found in Vincent Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” (1889) and “Vincent’s Bedroom in Arles” (1888). “Outsider” presents the image of “a decapitated Aboriginal figure standing over Vincent van Gogh’s bed, with red paint streaming skywards to join with the vortex of Vincent’s starry night” . Though created 100 years after Van Gogh’s works

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    the most influential artists of the twentieth century. Van Gogh was the stereotypical troubled artistic genius. He struggled with mental disorders and poverty for his whole life. Van Gogh was admitted to an asylum multiple times during his stay in Arles, France. While it was a great battle for Van Gogh to deal with his disorders, his mental instability was key to the emotional expressiveness and general brilliance of his work.

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    Vincent Van Gogh Response Paper I had watched a short video presentation on Vincent Van Gogh’s artwork that followed along with a song called “Vincent (Starry, starry night)” on Youtube. I watched this video with my class in Art Appreciation at Rogers State University. In the video I listened to the song “Starry, Starry night”, as many photos of Vincent’s art passed by and it made me feel as if I was watching beautiful art pass by my eyes every second. I love most of the artwork he has done.

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    A Night to Remember Imagine the wonder of staring into a clear night sky, being able to see the stars reflecting against water and seeing the faint light of civilization in the distance. This is the same mindset that caught Van Gogh’s imagination. In fact, it excited Van Gogh so much, he would say to another painter before painting “But when shall I ever paint the Starry Sky, this painting that keeps haunting me” (Lewandowski). Starry Night Over the Rhone and Starry Night would be the culmination

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    Who Is Vincent Van Gogh?

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    Vincent van Gogh, a world famous artist from the late nineteenth century, is regarded as a post-impressionistic and early expressionistic artist. His works are full of energy and very expressive such as the Starry Night, Night Café and certainly the Wheatfield with Crows. In one of the letters, which were written by the artist to his younger brother Theo, Van Gogh expressed his sensitivity in some normal scenes. “Last week, I was at Hampton Court to see the beautiful gardens and long avenues of

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    The Life of Paul Gauguin Essay

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    mentor that Gauguin was able to “develop beyond impressionism” and find inspiration in “literature, non-western forms of art, and new models and locations” (Marijke, Meer). Although separated when Van Gogh set out for Arles, their frequent contact eventually led Gauguin to move to Arles and work with Van Gogh. It is there that the “Studio of the South” was

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    and artist grew in fame after his death and is now one of the most famous artists in the world. With over nine-hundred paintings and a thousand plus drawings, some of his most famous works include The Starry Night, The Potato Eaters, and Bedroom in Arles. Van Gogh's works feature different things in his life, such his bedroom or his visit to France, he also feature many different art techniques. Though both of these people's work may show very different stories, the way the two created them is very

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    In 1874, an exhibition by members of the Private Company of Artists that consisted of Claude Monet (1840 -1926), Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), Edgar Degas (1834 -1917), and Alfred Sisley (1839 -1899) perplexed society with the dematerialization of reality in their paintings and signaled the birth of Impressionism as a new movement. However, a decade later, the concept of capturing the immediate illusion had exhausted itself. The crisis

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    While the painters after the Impressionism period were collectively called the “Post-Impressionists,” the label is quite reductive. Each artist had their own unique style, from Seurat’s pointillism to Signac’s mosaic-like divisionism, Cezanne, Émile Bernard, and others. These artists were all connected in that they were reacting to the aesthetics of Impressionism. Two of the more influential painters from this movement were Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, who aimed to connect with viewers on a

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